Another view of the hazards of sleep apnea, {reason for a cpap}

Wife and I have both used cpaps nightly for the last 10 years and believe in the use.

Yesterday, wife getting a tooth extracted under anesthesia, had her blood pressure go up and pulse rate drop to very low. Blood oxygen content down to 70. She was on oxygen at the time, but had slowed breathing.

Today at the cardiologist , he described the activity as probably a result of a sleep apnea person receiving a drug that slowed the pulmonary function. The next couple weeks testing will further develop the issue.

I had generally thought sleep apnea was a nighttime sleeping disorder. Now I am aware that daytime events can cause a very serious problem. A similar breathing problem was experienced the previous week at the pulmanolgist doing multiple exhales in a spirometer.

A different look at the issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!