Sleep Apnea Causes, How to Treat Sleep Apnea
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By :
peter hutch
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2009-01-07 01:52:08 |
Snoring and the associated disturbance used to be (and sometimes still is) regarded as a joke that people seemed to just accept. However, it is now known that snoring may be a sign of more serious abnormalities with breathing, which may be harmful to the health of the snorer.
Sleep Apnea is a serious condition that affects many people all over the world every year. It causes repeated stoppages in your breathing while you sleep, these episodes most often happen for only around ten to thirty seconds in length, but can go on repeating for the entire night. It can lead to many other health problems as well if left untreated, which is often the case with many sufferers.
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by frequent pauses in breathing during sleep. Three types of sleep apnea exist: central, obstructive and mixed. Obstructive is the most common, resulting from over-relaxation of throat muscles, causing the windpipe to collapse and block the airway. Treatments for sleep apnea range from simple lifestyle changes to surgery. One of the most common non-invasive treatments is the sleep apnea pillow.
In case the apnea patient suffers from a jaw deformity or mandibular deficiency that prevents the correct opening of the airways in a deep relaxation state, a sleep apnea dentist will have to create a special appliance to be worn at night. Such a device would either pull the tongue forward or adjust the position of the jaw so that the air flow may pass unhindered towards the lungs.
With the possibility of using a sleep apnea machine, the risk of developing hypertension, heart problems or getting a stroke has been dramatically lowered for the patients who suffer from this kind of sleep disorder. The Bi-level positive airway pressure or the BiPAP is a device that sends an adequate air quantity to the patient's lungs by previously determining the oxygen level he or she needs.
Sleep apnea (also spelled "apnoea") occurs when breathing stops while sleeping. These breathing interruptions are known as "apneas" and usually last for 10 seconds or more, many time over the course of the night. People who suffer with sleep apnea may wake up many times throughout the night, struggling to catch their breath.
Sleep apnea is more than just shortness of breath during sleep. In fact, when beset by this disorder, a person may actually stop breathing, or may gasp or choke during sleep. Frequent urination at night, insomnia and waking up with a dry throat are also symptoms of this sleep disorder. In the daytime, a person may have headaches upon waking up and may feel irritable.
There are many reasons why a person may suffer from sleep apnea. One such reason has to do with the anatomy of the throat. When a person is sleeping it is natural for the muscles of the throat to relax to a certain point. However, some people have a very narrow airway and when the muscles relax they can sometimes get in the way of air flow. This can either cause snoring or a complete temporary blockage of air which is known as sleep apnea.
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