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LOS ANGELES, May 2 (Xinhua) — A study funded by the US National Institutes of Health. Published in the journal Sleep, it was found that sleep apnea and low oxygen levels while sleeping May be related to epilepsy that begins after age 60 (late-onset epilepsy).
The institute revealed that this link was not related to any other risk factors. For epilepsy that begins after age 60 and conditions such as sleep apnea, high blood pressure and stroke.
The study says the findings may help to better understand the relationship between sleep disorders and epilepsy in older people. as well as helping to identify potential targets for treatment.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University used data on epilepsy patients from the US health insurance system. And analyzing sleep data from more than 1,300 participants, they found that people whose blood oxygen concentration dropped below 80 percent while sleeping, a condition known as nocturnal hypoxia. Elderly people are three times more likely to have epilepsy than those without similarly low oxygen levels.
Additionally, study participants who reported that they experienced sleep apnea in later life Older people are twice as likely to develop epilepsy as those without a sleep disorder.
Rebecca Gottesman, Chief of the Stroke Section of the Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke It states that there is increasing evidence that epilepsy in older adults may be an indicator of vascular disease. or degenerative diseases of the nervous system He added that the elderly have the highest incidence of epilepsy compared to other age groups.
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