Sleep was suffocated awake breathless, may be due to heart failure, there may also be due to chest tightness caused by atopic asthma, there may be due to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, the causes are different, the treatment method is different.
1. Heart failure: patients with heart failure in the night lying down when the return blood volume increases, can aggravate the symptoms of heart failure, which in turn leads to the patient sleep was suffocated woke up gasping for breath symptoms, treatment can be used hydrochlorothiazide, captopril, valsartan, digoxin and other drugs for treatment.
2. Chest constriction variant asthma: chest constriction variant asthma is a special type of asthma, the disease will also lead to the symptoms of the patient sleep is suffocated to wake up gasping for air, treatment can be used budesonide inhaler, salmeterol, formoterol, salbutamol, terbutaline, zalustat, aminophylline, tiotropium bromide and other drugs for treatment.
3. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome is a common sleep respiratory disease, which can also lead to symptoms of sleep being suffocated and waking up gasping for air, and the treatment should be based on the cause of the disease by choosing to lose weight, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation, and surgical lifting of the anatomical abnormalities of airway structure and other ways to treat.
In addition to the above diseases, other diseases can also lead to the symptoms of waking up breathless in sleep, and it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease and ask the doctor to deal with it.