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Risks, causes of snoring discussed at KGMU
PERSONS WHO snore are at greater risk while driving than a drunken driver, says Dr K Vikram Sarabhai of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center. In the US, persons suffering from sleep disorder are denied a driving licence, he adds.
PERSONS WHO snore are at greater risk while driving than a drunken driver, says Dr K Vikram Sarabhai of Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center. In the US, persons suffering from sleep disorder are denied a driving licence, he adds.
Those who snore do not get comfortable sleep, keep dosing generally. If they drive in such a condition, accidents could not be ruled out, he feared.
Dr Sarabhai was here to participate in the foundation day programme of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, King Georges Medical University (KGMU).
Talking to HT Lucknow Live, he said there were two types of sleeping disorder. In the first type, the person fell sick and the second type was fatal as the person could die while sleeping, he warned.
Snoring was a nuero-mechanical defect, he said, due to deficiency in the neck muscles or due to tonsil. It had been observed that those who snored suffered diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
An adult person with sleeping disorder was lazy, he said, while the children were hyperactive and indulged in tantrum. Such children do not concentrate on studies.
This defect could be corrected with surgery, he added. Another scientist Prof SN Gaur of Patel Chest Institute of Pulmonary Disease, Delhi said those who smoked cigarette or chewed tobacco suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
There is no treatment of this disease and patients suffer depression. Such patients could not do physical work since it caused increase of lactic acid in the body, said Dr Gaur.
The flow of oxygen to the lung was affected causing breathlessness, he explained.
To improve the quality of life among such persons, medical practitioners in New Delhi had launched a programme, Dr Gaur informed. The patients in the programme are motivated to do light exercise and to remain active.
Meanwhile, the head of TB Chest Department, KGMU, Dr Rajendra Prasad informed that the name of the department had been changed to Department of Pulmonary Medicine on Saturday.
Director ITRC, Dr YK Gupta inaugurated the foundation day programme. The highlight of the programme was donation of Rs 20 lakh by the Gail to open a centre in KGMU. Gupta said the center would focus on the diseases caused due to environment pollution.
