MNT’s Sunday Supplement: What is the link between hypertension, gut bacteria, and sleep apnea?
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In a new Special Feature, Medical News Today’s Senior News Editor Tim Newman expertly pieces together the story of how sleep apnea, hypertension, and gut bacteria are intimately related.
It’s a complex picture that highlights how one problem can cause trouble elsewhere in the body and how seemingly unrelated symptoms may be linked. It also helps lay bare how the trillions of microscopic bacteria inhabiting every human body play an outsized role in our health.
Long story short, sleep apnea deprives the body of oxygen, which allows some bacteria to thrive while others do less well. We explain, step-by-step, how knock-on effects of this imbalance can impact the health and flexibility of a person’s blood vessels, eventually causing a rise in blood pressure.
A healthy body depends on a balance being maintained between a wide range of genetic, environmental, and even microbial components. “Hypertension, gut bacteria, and sleep apnea: Is there a link?” unravels just one of these intricate relationships, and you’ll find plenty of links to further reading if you wish to dig even deeper. It’s something MNT excels at.
We will return with our regular daily newsletter tomorrow. Please get in touch by email if you have any feedback, comments, or questions about this week’s Sunday Supplement.
Tim Snaith
Newsletter Editor, Medical News Today
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