Snoring can make Covid symptoms worse

Research over the last decade has increasingly validated that sleep plays an important role in the health of the human body. Sleep problems are often associated with serious illnesses, both physical and mental. A recent study has linked snoring to severe COVID-19 symptoms.

Snoring and excessive sleepiness are the main symptoms of sleep apnea or stop breathing while sleeping. This condition is a sleeping disease that can be caused by hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and impotence.

How can a disease with snoring symptoms cause severe COVID-19 symptoms?

Everything there is to know about the relationship between snoring and the COVID-19 infection

Number of sufferers sleep apnea the number of COVID-19 patients in Finland reached 29%, while in the United States, especially Washington, it was 28.6% and Seattle as much as 21%. Many journal articles state that sleep apnea is one of the conditions that can worsen symptoms in COVID-19 patients.

A study in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine says sleep apnea could potentially affect the severity of hypoxia and cytokine storms that occur in COVID-19 patients. Both of these conditions often occur in COVID-19 patients who experience severe symptoms.

Hypoxia is a condition when the oxygen level in a person's body is very low. While sleep apnea causing repeated decreases in oxygen levels throughout sleep. This is what puts people with this snoring disease at risk of experiencing a more severe decrease in oxygen if they suffer from COVID-19.

While cytokine storms (cytokine storm) is a condition when the body's immune response occurs in excess and reacts beyond the body's control.

Episodes of shortness caused micro arousals in people who snore it was also found to make inflammatory mediators such as Interleukin 6 (IL6) and leptin increase. This chronic inflammatory condition will increase the risk of cytokine storms in COVID19 patients.

Sleeping sickness and severe symptoms in COVID-19 patients

All sleeping ailments ranging from lack of sleep, insomnia, and insomnia sleep apnea is known to decrease immunity and increase the risk of pneumonia.

Although there are still many question marks in the course of COVID19, the relationship between sleep, immunity and COVID19 infection is clear.

Some epidemiologists lament the decline in sleep health services, which has reached 80% in the US. Even though sleep health can be the key to preventing the severity of COVID19, especially during this pandemic there are many risk factors that make sleep problems increase.

In Indonesia, sleep health is still blind. Sad to see the increase in insomnia, and neglect of handling snoring in this pandemic.

Hospitals and doctors must collect data on whether the patients they treat have sleep apnea obstructive as a risk factor for COVID-19. These data should be included in studies and outcome data for COVID-19.

Researchers at Journal of Sleep Medicine Review also highlighted the importance of further research into the impact of COVID-19 infection in those with sleep problems. Including efforts to identify COVID-19 patients who have sleep apnea but never been diagnosed before.

Start paying attention to the health of your sleep. Snoring, lack of sleep, or excessive sleepiness can be important signs of health.

Sleep Healthy, Wake Up Happy!

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