Multiple factors can cause people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to lose out on a good night’s sleep. Medications and nighttime COPD symptoms are 2 factors that lead many COPD patients to experience insomnia and sleep disturbances. Lack of sleep can lead to daytime sleepiness, chronic fatigue and diminished quality of life for people … Read more
My patients with chronic lung disease often report difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep and sleeping deeply. Respiratory symptoms, medications and anxiety or depression can contribute to poor sleep if you have lung disease. A way to improve the quality of your sleep is to practice good sleep hygiene, which is a set of nighttime behaviors … Read more
If you have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), you know that difficulty breathing isn’t limited to daylight hours and often interferes with sleep. Effects of this loss of quality sleep can range from mild to chronic fatigue. People with COPD are more likely to develop insomnia, nightmares and daytime sleepiness than the general population. About 50% of COPD patients … Read more
The average American spends one third of their life sleeping. Although that seems like a catchy phrase used to sell mattresses, it also speaks a lot to the importance of sleep on our health. When you consider that for one third of our lives we are essential unconscious, it makes keeping good health during that time something … Read more
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night struggling for breath? Does it ever feel like the agonizing pain will never go away? Having a good night’s sleep is vital to maintaining good health. Without sufficient sleep, the body cannot begin to heal itself, which weakens the immune system. It can also lead … Read more