11/06/2026
Your cardiologist treats your BP.
Your endocrinologist treats your diabetes.
Nobody is treating the sleep disorder driving both.
Here’s what untreated sleep apnoea does to your heart:
Every night, your oxygen drops repeatedly.
This causes oxidative stress that damages your blood vessels — night after night.
The consequences:
❤️ 2–3× higher risk of hypertension
💔 Atrial fibrillation risk significantly elevated
🧠 Higher stroke and heart attack risk
📉 Worsened insulin resistance & metabolic syndrome
The evidence is clear: treating OSA with CPAP reduces cardiovascular risk in adherent patients.
If you have:
→ Hypertension
→ Diabetes
→ Atrial fibrillation
— and you snore — Get. A. Sleep. Study.
This has been the Sleep Apnoea Decoded series. 8 reels. Everything you need to know.
Save the series. Share it with someone who needs it.
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Dr Dixit Thakur | Pulmonologist & Sleep Medicine Specialist
PulmoVista Clinics, GK1 Delhi
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