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In a new study, sleep apnea, which is characterized by breathing properly while sleeping, may become more common and violent in the warmer future.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder that is estimated to affect approximately one billion billion worldwide. The condition occurs when the muscles in the throat narrow the airways, and when the respiratory and blood affects oxygen levels during sleep.
Findings, published in the journal Nature CommunicationShow that the chances of experiencing sleep apnea can rise by 45 percent on days with higher temperatures.
It is foreseen that the effect will be stronger in European countries. However, these effects are more likely to have a higher probability in the population of countries with a lower gross domestic product per capita, including India, Israel and Brazil.
Australia’s Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute of Sleep Health Bastien Lechat, the study “environmental factors such as climate, environmental temperatures, whether the intensity of the OSA does not affect the severity of OSA helps you to understand how to affect health,” he said. The study also predicted that the load, effects and costs of obstructive sleep apnea could double up to 2100 under a heating of 1.8 degrees at the global ambient temperature above pre -industrial levels.
In 2023, the authors wrote that the prevalence of sleep apnea due to global warming is associated with “more than 780,000 healthy living years in 29 countries and loss of 105 million workplace productivity days”.
The authors measured the burden of welfare and productivity due to sleep apnea. The total loss was found as USD $ 98 billion with a $ 30 billion loss of productivity and a loss of welfare of 68 billion dollars.
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The study is the first example of how global warming can affect breathing during sleep and that it can affect the health, welfare and economy of the world.
Studies increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and mental conditions, including sleep apnea, anxiety, depression, dementia and Parkinson’s disease.
More than 500 sleep data – a total of 62 million nights – were analyzed. The data were collected using a sensor placed under the beds of the participants. Researchers then compared these sleep data with 24 -hour temperature information from climate models.
“Globally, higher temperatures, OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) on a certain night was 45 percent higher.”
In addition, scenarios with 1.8 degrees Celsius with temperatures above the pre -industrial levels will increase 1.2 to 3 times more in the OSA load until 2100. “He said.
A study conducted by the new Delhi in 2023 Sleep Medicine StudiesIt is estimated that 104 million Indians of the working age suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, which has a moderate or severe way.
Published – 16 June 2025 04:34
