Sleep Apnea – A Sleeping Epidemic

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A sleeping man or women usually breathes constantly and uninterruptedly in the night.
Somebody with Sleep Apnea has regular symptoms (approximately 400-500/night) wherein stops breathe.
Breathing commonly stops approximately 30 seconds
And often startles awake with a noisy snort then starts to breathe again, steadily falling back to sleep.
There are 2 types of Sleep Apnea.
OSA (Obstructive Sleep Apnea)
Stops Breathing as tissue inside the throat shuts off the airway.
CSA (Central Sleep Apnea)
Brain centers that responsible for breath cannot send information to the breathing muscles.
Sleep Apnea is a kind of sleeping problem.
Sleep apnea affects people of every age group; also kids can have problems with Sleep Apnea.
There’s a treatment intended for Sleep Apnea.
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Holly Miranda “Sleep on Fire” @ Central Presbyterian Church SXSW 2010

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Loud snoring could be a sign of a silent killer. Sleepless in Columbus looks at sleep apnea.

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Courtesy of http://www.healthstand.net – Patients talk about diagnosis and living with Sleep Apnea.

Sleep apnea is best described as a sleep disorder characterised by having one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes, and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called a polysomnogram, or a “sleep study”.

There are three distinct forms of sleep apnea: central, obstructive, and complex (i.e., a combination of central and obstructive) constituting 0.4%, 84% and 15% of cases respectively. Breathing is interrupted by the lack of respiratory effort in central sleep apnea; in obstructive sleep apnea, breathing is interrupted by a physical block to airflow despite respiratory effort. In complex (or “mixed”) sleep apnea, there is a transition from central to obstructive features during the events themselves.

Regardless of type, the individual with sleep apnea is rarely aware of having difficulty breathing, even upon awakening. Sleep apnea is recognized as a problem by others witnessing the individual during episodes or is suspected because of its effects on the body (sequelae). Symptoms may be present for years (or even decades) without identification, during which time the sufferer may become conditioned to the daytime sleepiness and fatigue associated with significant levels of sleep disturbance.

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Snoring – Could It Be Serious?
Snoring is often the source of many jokes. In truth, it can actually be the hallmark of a rather serious health problem known as sleep apnea. There are different types of snoring, and not all who snore suffer from sleep apnea.

If you’ve tried lifestyle changes such as losing weight and quitting or reducing smoking and alcohol consumption in addition to changing your sleeping position – all without results, then you may want to consult with a physician to rule out sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is a condition in which you literally stop breathing several times throughout the night while sleeping. In some cases, the duration of an interruption is over a minute and the interruptions can occur as many as hundreds of times during any given night.

This condition can be fatal, so it’s important that you consult your doctor if you suspect that your snoring is more than a moderate irritation. You should also feel that your sleep is far less productive and feel tired throughout the day if you suffer from sleep apnea.

The good news for those who suffer from sleep apnea is that there are many treatments that are available that do not involve surgery. Chances are that your physician will want to try the less invasive methods before resorting to surgical procedures that may or may not be necessary in order to properly treat your case of sleep apnea.

The first step your doctor is likely to take is to identify the specific apnea that plagues your sleep. There are three different types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. Obstructive is the one you will hear the most about, since it’s the most common one.

Once your particular apnea is discovered, you and your physician will work out a treatment plan in order to correct or minimize your apnea. Common treatments for obstructive sleep apnea include behavioral changes such as diet and exercise, medications such as nasal sprays with steroids, thyroid replacement therapy medications, and weight loss medications, dental appliances and …

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My Daughter with sleep apnea

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Strange as it may sounds, breathing tends to be done through only one side of the nose at a time. This depends of the time of the day, but mostly it, shifts around the 1,5 to 2 hours open and close. The reason for this is that the millions of sensors in the nose needs rest so now and then. This fact is not real well known by a lot of people but it is one of the mean causes of the start of snoring en even worst Apnea. Open your nose….

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