Sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder, has been part of human health for much longer than most people realize. While you might have only started hearing about it recently, it isn’t a modern invention. It’s a chronic condition where your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. The risks associated with untreated sleep apnea include high blood pressure, heart problems, …
Morbidity and Complications of Sleep Apnea: Understanding the Health Risks
Sleep apnea, a serious sleep disorder, occurs when your breathing is interrupted during sleep. If you’re experiencing symptoms like loud snoring, episodes of breathing cessation witnessed by another person, abrupt awakenings accompanied by shortness of breath, or a choking or gasping sensation, it may be a sign of this condition. Your risk of several health complications increases if your sleep …
Morbidity and Complications of Sleep Apnea
The incidence of sleep apnea is as high as 4% of women and 9 % of men in developed countries. Long term effects and complications associated with this condition: 1) poor sleep during the night with fatigue during daytime hours 2) effects on the cardiovascular system 3) effects on nervous system 4) effects on behavior 5) sleeping while driving and …
Sleep Apnea Then and Now
Literature has often described obstructive sleep apnea without a full and proper understanding of the condition. The earliest reference to sleep apnea was by Charles Dickens. He mentioned a typical sleep apnea patient in one of his novels as “sleepy Joe”. This was an obese man who would be always snoring during sleep. Because of his condition, he was always …
4 Treatment Categories of Sleep Apnea – CPAP, BiPAP, OAT and Surgery
Image via Wikipedia The treatment of sleep apnea is basically directed at maintaining the patency of the upper airway. There is no clear drug treatment of sleep apnea, at present. The various methods of treatment of sleep apnea are as follows: 1) CPAP- continuous positive airway pressure 2) OA- oral appliance therapy 3) Bi PAP- bilevel positive airway pressure 4) …
Symptoms of Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition wherein, the patient is unable to breathe normally during sleep. This produces various symptoms during sleep and wakefulness. Also, the symptoms vary for both adults and children and for the different types of sleep apnea. The commonest (more than 80 % of sleep apnea) is the obstructive type. Symptoms in obstructive sleep apnea Adults: the …
Home Remedies for Sleep Apnea
Image via Wikipedia Sleep apnea is a major problem today in a significant segment of the population. Both adults and children are affected. Studies have it that as many as 9% of women and 24% of men suffer from obstructive sleep apnea. Many conventional treatment methodologies for this condition and even obtaining the diagnosis itself can be quite expensive. Hence, …
An Overview of Sleep Apnea
Most people breathe easily during their waking hours and also while asleep. However, some persons are unable to breathe regularly and consistently while sleeping. This problem or the inability to breathe regularly is called sleep apnea when the period of pause between two breaths (respirations) is longer than 10 seconds.