Friday, January 22, 2010

Precautions in Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea is the serious disorder that is characterized by pausing in breathes during the sleep. Breathing is interrupted by lack of respiratory effort in the central sleep apnea. The treatment of this disorder becomes necessary because it may cause serious health problem. This may also cause serious health problem such as Stroke, Hypertension, irregular heartbeats, heart failure and even heart attacks.


Sleep Apnea Treatment is possible with the conservative measures such as losing weight if you are overweight, avoiding alcohol and sleeping pills, by changing sleeping position for regular breathing, You will have to stop smoking: as such smoking causes swelling in the upper airway that can cause effect to both snoring and apnea, and avoid sleeping on your back. If the problem is very serious then the treatment may result in the surgery for Sleep Apnea. Generally surgery becomes necessary who have a deviated nasal septum, enlarged tonsils, small lower jaw with the overbite that causes the throat to be abnormally narrow then in all these cases surgery may be need to correct sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea: Problem in Sleep

Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which the people have to suffer from pause in the breathing and there may also be shallow breathes while asleep. The people who suffer from this problem stops breathing repeatedly while they are in sleep. This problem is of two types such as:


  • Obstructive Sleep apnea (OSA): This is most common in the two forms of apnea; this is generally caused by a blockage of the air, usually when the soft tissue that is present in the back of the throat collapses during the sleep.

  • Central Sleep Apnea: This is unlike OSA apnea, in this the airway is not blocked but in this the brain fails to provide signal the muscles to breathe due to the instability in the respiratory control center.

    • It affects people while they are in sleep, so this has become important for them to have proper sleep apnea treatment. If this problem is left untreated then it may result in the health problem such as Stroke, Hypertension, irregular heartbeats, heart failure and even heart attacks. Therefore it is better to take proper treatment of the sleep apnea.




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