Fatty tongues could be main driver of sleep apnoea
A sleep disorder that can leave people gasping for breath at night could be linked to the amount of fat on their tongues, a study suggests.
The researchers now plan to work out which low-fat diets are particularly good at slimming down the tongue."You talk, eat and breathe with your tongue - so why is fat deposited there?" said study author Dr Richard Schwab, of Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia. Sleep apnoea is a common disorder that can cause loud snoring, noisy breathing and jerky movements when asleep.The most common type is obstructive sleep apnoea, in which the upper airway gets partly or completely blocked during sleep.How to help sleep apnoeaGive up smokingSource:Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, scanned 67 people with obstructive sleep apnoea who were obese and had lost 10% of their body weight, improving their symptoms improved by 30%.
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