Do You Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

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One of the signs of obstructive sleep apnea is nocturia. Cortisol inhibits the body's ability to reabsorb free water in the kidney. In some cases, people pee more at nights than they do in the day. When under stress, your cortisol levels are high. And so what happens is, is that free water that would normally be reabsored back into the body gets dumped into the urine.

Dr. Roger Seheult is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the School of Medicine and Allied Health at Loma Linda University. He is a practicing critical care physician, pulmonologist, and sleep physician at Beaver Medical Group, and a co-founder of MedCram, one of the fastest-growing online medical education companies. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/223