how can asthma cause sleeping problems?

[tina f]

how can asthma cause sleeping problems?

[LIPPIE]

When you don't have enough oxygen, it slows everything down,it makes you very sleepy. You are building up gases in your lungs.

[gldjns]

The answer is obvious. If you have an asthma attack in your sleep, it will not only cause sleeping problems, but it could also cause severe breathing problems as well. If you have asthma or know of someone who does, only a doctor can assess the condition and prescribe medications for it to help prevent attacks whether asleep or awake.

[deadlypacemaker]

Asthma is a disease that when a person comes into contact with a particle that triggers that person's asthma, e.g. dust or pollen, the muscle around the walls of the respiratory tract tightens so that the airway becomes narrower. The lining of the airways becomes inflamed and starts to swell and mucus is produced. All these cause the airways to become narrower and irritated, leading to an asthma attack. As the airways become narrower, respiration becomes severely difficult, and thus affects a person in whatever s/he is doing.When one suffers from asthma, the muscles around the tracts are usually very much tighten and may not relax while they are sleeping, thus cause breathing problems while sleeping. That person will not be able to breathe properly.

[s_and_j_hatch]

My asthma at times can cause me to wake up several times in the night because I feel like I can't get enough air. It feels like the room is way to stuffy and I start to cough so hard sometimes I gag and vomit. Even though my doc has me on a long lasting medication and a quick acting med sometimes I wake needing another puff just to calm my chest. when you wake several times a night your whole day is shot.

[Leahkl]

I have asthma, but I am also prone to broncitits and sleep apena which is disorder, You stop breathing several times a night and can be deadly, I have to sleep with a breathing machine where oxygen is forced in your face so to speak. If you are having problems you need to see a Doctor!!