Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea Symptoms : Loud, Irregular Snoring, Snorts, Gasps, and Other Unusual Breathing Sounds During Sleep

Posted on 05. Dec, 2009 by admin in Do You Have Sleep Apnea ?

The most obvious sign of sleep apnea is very noisy snoring that stops and starts in an unrhythmic manner during the night. The snoring stops when the person stops breathing. It begins again, sometimes with a snort or a gasp, when the person takes the next breath.

Irregular snoring, with breathing that stops, is different from the quiet, relaxed sawing of ZZZs that most of us do occasionally, especially if we’re sleeping on our back. Apnea-type snoring is noisy, labored, and sometimes explosive, and strongly suggests some struggle or discomfort on the part of the snorer.

Another characteristic of severe apnea-type snoring is that the snorer seems to snore in almost any position. Rolling over on the side often does not help, as it usually does in the case of simple, harmless nonapnea snoring. Some patients, however, snore and have apnea only when sleeping on their back.

Heavy or labored breathing, without snoring, can be a sign of sleep disordered breathing that is a close relative of sleep apnea and also needs medical attention.

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