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Can sleep apnea cause a person to have nightmares?
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Not typically: While sleep apnea and nightmares or night terrors are both sleep disorders, they are typically not related.
Answered 7/5/2015
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Anything's possible: Nightmares can be the result of many things- emotional and/or physical. Sleep apnea may contribute some sort of cause, if the breathing mechanism is shut off during sleep and triggers a response as a nightmare or similar to one. If it reoccurs, i would see a sleep specialist asap.
Answered 4/3/2016
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