Lt. Gen. Patchasak Patirupanon, assistant spokesperson to the Deputy Prime Minister, denied General Prawit Wongsuwan was asleep during the House of Representatives assembly yesterday. Lt. Gen. Patchasak reckons the seventy seven year outdated was wanting down on the ground and looking up, not sleeping.
Restricted of the deputy PM allegedly snoozing triggered much mirth and merriment on Thai social media as “Uncle Pom” has been caught on a quantity of occasions napping at inappropriate times.
Indeed, the image raised well being issues for the deputy PM. Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, from the Department of Medicine on the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, alerted to the attainable indicators of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). He suggested a sleep test and, if extreme, the use of a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine.
Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit shared a submit that includes Deputy PM Prawit on February 5, earlier this yr, in a Parliament assembly room on Facebook, expressing considerations over his well being situation. His concern was due to Prawit’s frequent daytime somnolence, a symptom associated with OSA, a sleeping disorder characterised by intermittent pauses in respiratory during sleep. Dr Rungsrit said…
“From a doctor’s point of view, signs like these pose a concern. Daytime somnolence is one symptom of sleep apnea or nocturnal obstructive airway blockage, a situation known as loud night breathing or Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
“The situation results in alternating pauses in respiration throughout the night, stopping deep sleep. This subsequently causes the body and the thoughts to lack adequate relaxation, and it leads to hypertension at night or nocturnal hypertension. Every morning, patients get up feeling unrefreshed, with the thoughts not being alert.
“If you have these symptoms, don’t ignore them. They have antagonistic long-term results in your health. They improve the danger of cardiac arrests, strokes and so forth.”
Dr Rungsrit suggested a precautionary step for people could take who exhibit these signs. People with such symptoms should bear a sleep check, also referred to as a polysomnography. If they’re diagnosed with severe OSA, they’re advised to make use of a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine as a remedy.
This equipment is worn whereas sleeping and helps keep a gradual, steady stream of pressurised air right into a person’s respiratory system. This prevents the airway from collapsing or turning into obstructed, allowing for comfortable and uninterrupted sleep..