{"id":119806,"date":"2023-05-09T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119806"},"modified":"2023-05-10T09:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:11:18","slug":"doctor-curmudgeon-the-sound-of-snoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119806","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae The Sound of Snoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119806\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=119806\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119807 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snoring-Illustartion-HN1033-Sleep-ZZZ-Sized_2-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snoring-Illustartion-HN1033-Sleep-ZZZ-Sized_2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Snoring-Illustartion-HN1033-Sleep-ZZZ-Sized_2.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist\/cardiologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It sounded a lot like Brahms\u2019 Lullaby.<\/p>\n<p>The keys on the antique and venerable Starck baby grand came to life as they were tickled by two kittens.<\/p>\n<p>I have two female cousins, adorable kittens, who occasionally spend weekends with us.<\/p>\n<p>As they played on this happily quiet and lazy afternoon, I thought about the brilliant composer, Johannes Brahms.<\/p>\n<p>This incredible man was a virtuoso at the piano (the kittens however have not yet attained virtuoso status).<\/p>\n<p>It has been hypothesized that Brahms suffered from a condition known as sleep apnea (a serious condition of interrupted breathing during sleep, wherein blood levels of oxygen can become seriously low, depriving the brain of oxygen).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mitchell Margolis wrote about Brahms in \u201cChest,\u201d the aptly named journal of the American College of Chest Physicians: \u201cThe composer\u2019s eventual physical attributes also correspond to those of a typical OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) patient, particularly his obesity and thick neck. Extensive lifelong alcohol consumption comprises a likely and familiar exacerbating factor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brahms was tired all the time. In Vienna, he was frequently seen in one of his favorite cafes, asleep in his chair. Daytime sleepiness: is a symptom of sleep apnea.<\/p>\n<p>Known to be a prodigious eater, he was obese. His tremendous girth forced him to sit about a foot away from the piano.<\/p>\n<p>His neck was quite large and he wore shirts that had no collars.<\/p>\n<p>And it is known that his alcohol consumption was considerable and regular; as he was commonly seen in his favorite pubs drinking whiskey, cognac and jugs of beer.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Margolis, a pulmonologist also noted a comment by George Henschel, a baritone who had traveled with the composer. Henschel noted that Brahms\u2019 snoring was so horrible that he could not sleep in a room they shared. He said that if he had stayed it \u201cwould mean death to any hope of sleep on my part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The kittens have stopped playing (actually quite well). As they began their usual activity of chasing each other all over the house, mewing as loudly as their little throats allow, I thought other famous figures who had been thought to have sleep apnea.<\/p>\n<p>There was Winston Churchill ,Henry the VIII, and even Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>Poor Brahms had so many documented symptoms of sleep apnea:<br \/>\nObesity<br \/>\nSnoring<br \/>\nTired all the time<br \/>\nAnd there was a change in his personality.<\/p>\n<p>People with sleep apnea are sometimes described as irritable. Once on leaving a party, Brahms was believed to have said, \u201cIf there is anyone here I have not offended I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Curmudgeon suggests &#8220;Bitter Medicine\u201d, Dr. Eugene Eisman&#8217;s story of his experiences&#8211;from the humorous to the intense&#8212;as a young army doctor serving in the Vietnam War.<br \/>\nBitter Medicine by Eugene H. Eisman, M.D. &#8211;on <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bitter-Medicine-Doctors-Year-Vietnam\/dp\/0615874347\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Doctor Curmudgeon\u00ae is Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D., a physician-satirist. This column originally appeared on SERMO, the leading global social network for doctors.<br \/>\nSERMO <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sermo.com\">www.sermo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Diane Batshaw Eisman, M.D. FAAP Doctor Eisman is in Family Practice in Aventura, Florida with her partner, Dr. Eugene Eisman, an internist\/cardiologist It sounded a lot like Brahms\u2019 Lullaby. The keys on the antique and venerable Starck baby grand came to life as they were tickled by two kittens. 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