Sleep technology has made many advancements since the days when you were stuck with one kind of CPAP mask. There's lots of variety to make it easier to acquire the mask that really fits. But with choice comes uncertainty and confusion. Where should you begin?
Snoring can come and go throughout your generation. And with proper treatment action, your snoring can improve. “Snoring can improve or cease with treatments to avert your airway from collapsing in the night.
If you have obstructive sleep apnea, then you'll want to observe your children for signs that they might have sleep apnea as well. Set an example of adhering to your treatment plan and putting your health as a priority.
Does your bed companion ever nudge you in the ribs to get you to stop snoring or start breathing again if you’ve stopped? If you responded yes and are over 50, there’s a pretty fair chance you have sleep apnea, a condition in which the airway becomes obstructed repeatedly during sleep, causing you to wake up repeatedly and have disturbed slumber, putting you at jeopardy for a number of health complications including cardiovascular issues such as heart attack and stroke
According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), 37 million Americans snore on a consistent basis. That deafening breathing during sleep that repeatedly keeps sleep partners awake—and may even be so loud that it awakens the snorer, too—frequently is caused by sleep apnea; however, other reasons can contribute to snoring, including sleeping on your back, alcohol consumption age and gender.
Does treating obstructive sleep apnea in golfers improve their handicap? The study by Benton and Friedman suggests that this is the case.1 If true, one could predict that golfers will be flooding to sleep centers in the near future!
It is thought thatthe frequent drops in low oxygen levels during sleep damages the blood vessels that supply the heart. Also each time the oxygen level drops, your body tells your heart to beat faster and your blood pressure to go up. Stress on the heart from severe OSA can also cause the heart to get enlarged.
It's estimated that patients with sleep apnea are 2-4 four times more likely to develop heart arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms) than people without this condition. Sleep apnea increases the risk of heart failure by 140% and the risk of coronary heart disease by 30%.
News of the official cause of death of iconic Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher (Princess/General Leia) has swept the Internet, leaving open many unanswered questions. The headlines suggesting Fisher’s death at age 60 was caused byobstructive sleep apnea (OSA)are giving many people reason to pause.
“New year, new you” is an age-old saying, but it still resonates. Especially when the “new you” is looking to make a serious change in your health. More specifically, sleep health as it relates to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Diabetes and sleep apnea are strongly associated with one another. Clinical research shows that as many as 48% of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have also been diagnosed with sleep apnea.1 Even more striking, researchers believe that 86% of obese type 2 diabetic patients suffer from sleep apnea