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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Sarah Ibarruri

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3. Thanks. My dad was just diagnosed with two calcified heart valves which cause

Reply to McCamy Taylor (Original post)

Wed May 16, 2012, 06:26 AM

May 2012

arrhythmia and therefore syncope (and irregular breathing). This could be one of the (many?) causes of sleep apnea.

As a result of it, he got up in the middle of the night, his bp was too low, he fell and broke his hip and shoulder, and has been in and out of the hospital and rehab for almost 1 month now. It's disrupted the lives of his closest children, because we've put everything else on hold attempting to deal with the emergencies this has brought to his life.

Hopefully there will be a lull of health in his life soon, and we'll get a break.

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Sleep apnea---the most commonly missed common problem in the US. [View all] McCamy Taylor Apr 2012 OP

I was told I was "too young, too thin and too female" to have sleep apnea REP Apr 2012 #1

Just diagnosed, a young dude Bradical79 May 2012 #2

Thanks. My dad was just diagnosed with two calcified heart valves which cause Sarah Ibarruri May 2012 #3