Suggest Treatment For Sleep Apnea And Heart Arrhythmia At Night

Posted on Mon, 11 Jan 2016

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Question : I have sleep apnea and use a CPAP machine successfully since 2010however this autumn I have experienced heart arythmia always at night I wake up frequently although my apnea score is around my usual one I have had a24hour ecg monitor fitted before Xmas but have been told that although I have extra heart beats this is normal.I don't feel it is normal Also my father had a massive stroke at my ageShould I go back to my GP?

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I would recommend consulting with your doctor for some tests.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your your symptoms may be related to uncontrolled sleep apnea.

I agree with your doctor when saying that some extra cardiac beats may be just normal.

But, coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical examination and some tests:

-a blood gas analysis
-a polysomnography, to examine the severity of sleep apnea.

Besides, you should check with a specialist the CPAP machine function, to be sure that it is OK.

Hope to have been helpful!

Feel free to ask any other questions whenever you need!

Kind regards,

Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar