close
Thursday April 25, 2024
Today's Paper
Prayer Timing
Epaper
Islamabad

Sleep apnea

By Healthday News
July 21, 2018

There’s no routine blood test to detect sleep apnea, and it may well be missed during a routine medical visit.

But left untreated, sleep apnea can raise a person’s risk for significant health risks, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Those risks include:

* High blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, obesity and diabetes.

* Heart failure.

* Heartarrhythmia, the medical term for irregular heartbeat.

* Driving accidents.