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Confirming the Diagnosis and Treating Sleep Apnea

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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Once you have been given a tentative diagnosis of sleep apnea or a similar sleep/breathing disorder, an all-night sleep test should be arranged. Proper testing for sleep disorders is important because several sleep disorders have superficial similarities and might be confused with sleep apnea or be incorrectly diagnosed if testing is not done properly. An [...]

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Why Haven’t You Heard of Sleep Apnea Before ?

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It has been estimated that 20 million Americans may have sleep apnea. Among 30- to 60-year-olds, one of every four men and one of every 10 women show some signs of sleep apnea. In a study of industrial workers in Israel, one of every five was classified as having some degree of sleep apnea. These [...]

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Who Suffers from Sleep Apnea ?

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When does a person’s tendency toward sleep apnea first arise? This is difficult to pinpoint because sleep apnea results from the combination of several risk factors.
Sleep apnea can be found at all ages. In some people the tendency may be present at birth. Sleep apnea may be the later stage of a breathing disorder that [...]

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Social and Psychological Effects of Sleep Apnea

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The fatigue, sleepiness, and medical complications that result from sleep apnea can virtually destroy a person’s life.
Work performance is often profoundly undermined. People with sleep apnea may miss work frequently, arrive at work late, become drowsy or fall asleep at work, and suffer from poor concentration, memory loss, and poor job performance. Their bosses and [...]

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Health Effects of Sleep Apnea : Breathing, Circulation, and Heart Problems

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The cardiovascular (heart and circulatory system) and pulmonary (lung) effects of sleep apnea are very serious; over a period of years these effects become life-threatening. Strokes are three times more common in heavy snorers than in nonsnorers,5 and heart attack is more than 20 times more likely in people with untreated sleep apnea. The  cardiovascular [...]

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Sleep Apnea : Case Study – Automobile Accidents

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Mr. Rodgers was diagnosed with moderately severe obstructive sleep apnea and underwent UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) surgery . His snoring disappeared, he felt better, and he no longer fell asleep at the wrong times. The surgeon recommended that he return to the sleep center for a retest to see how much improvement had actually been achieved by [...]

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Health Effects of Sleep Apnea : Automobile Accidents

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by admin.

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Automobile accidents are three times more common among people with untreated sleep apnea than in normal people. Nearly 20 percent of sleep apnea patients admit to having had auto accidents from falling asleep at the wheel. Recent studies of long-haul truck drivers have found that nearly half of them had obvious symptoms of sleep apnea. [...]

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