Learn More About Sleep Apnea
Are you too getting bothered by sleep apnea? Check out some of the frequently asked questions below to learn more about sleep apnea.
- OSA is a condition in which a person stops breathing repeatedly during sleep
- Breathing stops because the airway collapses and prevents air from getting into the lungs.
- Sleep Patterns are disrupted, resulting in excessive sleepiness or fatigue during the day
- Extra tissue in the back of the airway such as large tonsils
- Decrease in the tone of the muscles holding the airway open
- The tongue falling back and closing off the airway
- Four percent of middle-aged men and two percent of middle-aged women have OSA
- Most OSA sufferers remain undiagnosed and untreated
- OSA is as common as adult asthma
- See your Doctor; Evaluation by a doctor specializing in sleep disorder is recommended
- Have a sleep study done
- High blood pressure
- Heart disease and heart attack
- Stroke
- Fatigue-related motor vehicle and work accidents
- Decreased quality of life
