Lt. Gen. Patchasak Patirupanon, assistant spokesperson to the Deputy Prime Minister, denied General Prawit Wongsuwan was asleep in the course of the House of Representatives meeting yesterday. Lt. Gen. Patchasak reckons the 77 12 months old was wanting down on the floor and searching up, not sleeping.
The image of the deputy PM allegedly snoozing caused much mirth and merriment on Thai social media as “Uncle Pom” has been caught on several occasions napping at inappropriate times.
Indeed, the image raised health issues for the deputy PM. Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit, from the Department of Medicine on the Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, alerted to the possible indicators of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). He advised a sleep check and, if severe, using a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine.
Dr Rungsrit Kanjanavanit shared a post that includes Deputy PM Prawit on February 5, earlier this 12 months, in a Parliament assembly room on Facebook, expressing concerns over his health situation. Formula was due to Prawit’s frequent daytime somnolence, a symptom associated with OSA, a sleeping dysfunction characterised by intermittent pauses in respiratory throughout sleep. Dr Rungsrit said…
“From a doctor’s perspective, indicators like these pose a concern. Daytime somnolence is one symptom of sleep apnea or nocturnal obstructive airway blockage, a condition known as snoring or Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
“The situation leads to alternating pauses in respiratory all through the evening, stopping deep sleep. This subsequently causes the physique and the thoughts to lack adequate rest, and it leads to hypertension at night or nocturnal hypertension. Every morning, patients wake up feeling unrefreshed, with the mind not being alert.
“If you have these signs, don’t ignore them. They have adverse long-term results in your well being. They enhance the danger of cardiac arrests, strokes and so on.”
Dr Rungsrit instructed a precautionary step for individuals could take who exhibit these signs. People with such signs ought to endure a sleep check, also known as a polysomnography. If they’re diagnosed with severe OSA, they’re suggested to make use of a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine as a treatment.
This equipment is worn while 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 becoming obstructed, permitting for comfortable and uninterrupted sleep..