Sleep Apnea is the common sleep disorder. In this disorder you get one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. The breathing pauses in Sleep Apnea can last from few seconds to minutes. Sleep Apnea is the disorder observed in more than 10 million men in the world. Apnea means missing one or more breaths while sleeping. Sleep Apnea is the chronic condition which disrupts your sleep for 3 or more nights in a week. According to the latest research scientist have claimed that sleep Apnea is related to impotence (ED). In simple words they have said, sleep Apnea may cause impotence.
Impotence is the condition in which men are unable to get the erection or hold the erection for the sufficient amount of time during the sexual intercourse. The main cause of the impotence is the less amount of blood supply to the penis during the sexual activity. The light was thrown on the relationship of impotence and Sleep Apnea when the patients suffering from the Sleep Apnea informed to their doctor about their sexual problems. Patients informed to the doctors that they were not able to hold the erection for the sufficient amount of time during the sexual intercourse. Sometimes, they were not able to get the erections even.
Sleep Apnea is found to be common among the individuals who are suffering from the heart problems or have a brain tumor. Please note that still today no scientist is able to give you the perfect reason for the impotence in men with sleep Apnea. Sometimes even some other reason may also contribute to the impotence in the patients with sleep Apnea. But please take care and get your self treated, if you are suffering from the sleep Apnea to remain away from the impotence.
