bethsheba

Since being diagnosed with a sleep disorder, I have learned that acid reflux and asthma are sometimes symptoms (as are anxiety, depression, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes) of a sleeping disorder . If the sleeping disorder is treated, the symptoms diminish or go away completely.

This may sound too good to be true but it isn't...there is a considerable amount of clinical/medical research going on regarding sleeping disorders and it's hard to keep up with the reading. Although I discovered my acid reflux cure by accident (my sleep doctor told me that my history of ppi's was a red flag to him that it was likely I had a sleep disorder), I learned about the asthma connection in my sleep disorder support group. Some of the members experienced a noticable improvement in their asthma symptoms once they were treated for apnea but they were told by their sleep specialists this would most likely happen...

I have since read that they used to think poor air quality contributed to asthma since children in the inner cities had high incidences of this condition. Since then, they've discovered that children living in similar conditions due not have asthma IF they eat a Mediterranean diet. In other words, children who live in the inner city are poor and don't have a diet rich in fruits and vegetables...and it's a diet that's rich in fruits and vegetables that reduces incidences of breathing problems.

Bethsheba

Few doctors have so much as a basic understanding of apnea...for that reason I recommend learning about it on one's own. My doctors overlooked my symptoms for years. Finally, I insisted on seeing a specialist, who as I mentioned, took one look at my ppi hx and said I was a candidate for a sleep study.