Sleep apnoea signs in post-menopausal ladies linked to low oestrogen

Lowered ranges of oestrogen and progesterone appear to be what makes post-menopausal ladies extra prone to have signs of sleep apnoea, together with loud night breathing, irregular respiration or gasping at evening

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre

Put up-menopausal ladies who’ve decrease ranges of oestrogens and progesterone usually tend to snore, breathe irregularly and gasp whereas sleeping, that are all signs of sleep apnoea.

The involvement of those chemical substances means focused hormone remedy would possibly show helpful for these ladies and their companions, says Kai Triebner on the College of Bergen in Norway.

“Girls stay, on common, longer than males, however throughout later years, the standard of ladies’s life is relatively low, which is inherently related …