Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring

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With the advent of sleep studies and the technology used in these

studies to monitor patients throughout the night, doctors are

learning some pretty sobering news about the effects of snoring

and obstructive sleep apnea.

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring

Copyright © 2005 Alan Schill

Sleep Genie

http://www.sleepgenie.com/

With the advent of sleep studies and the technology used in these

studies to monitor patients throughout the night, doctors are

learning some pretty sobering news about the effects of snoring

and obstructive sleep apnea.

The two are not always present together for every snorer. Far

more people suffer from regular snoring than obstructive sleep

apnea. The differences between the two are outlined below.

Snoring

Snoring is a mild to extreme factor in the lives of millions of

people. The causes of snoring include being overweight,

allergies, deviated septum, blocked passages and airways,

drinking alcohol, and enlarged tonsils or adenoids.

If you snore you are getting less quality sleep at night than

non-snorers. This can lead to bothersome effects like

nervousness and lack of concentration during the day, to serious

health problems like obesity, heart disease and many others.

What doctors are telling their snoring patients is that snoring

is serious and it must be addressed if their patients are to live

a long, normal life.

Rather than treat it like a nuisance and live with it, many

people are waking up to the fact that snoring is causing them to

be miserable and lethargic during the day. Many snoring remedies

exist that can completely cure snoring for most people

immediately. So the problem can be dealt with successfully.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

A percentage of snorers also have something more sinister at

work. It is called obstructive sleep apnea, and it is a killer.

Doctors are dead serious about treating this disease because of

the serious nature of health effects it causes.

Obstructive sleep apnea causes people who suffer from it to

actually stop breathing many times per night. It is common for

people suffering from sleep apnea to wake themselves up over 100

times per night.

If you were to take part in a sleep study and the sleep tech

reports over 100 instances where you stop breathing and wake

yourself from deep REM sleep, your doctor will almost certainly

prescribe something called a CPAP machine.

This machine forces your airway open with pressurized airflow so

that you breathe deeply while you sleep (finally) through the

night. Possibly for the first time in years.

People who suffer from heavy snoring and sleep apnea who get

treatment finally realize the serious effects their snoring has

produced over time.

Energy levels rise, the ability to concentrate and retain more

information each day is vastly improved, and many people lose

weight and have the energy to exercise more when they finally

start getting the sleep they have been so desperately missing.

Most people who snore just aren't taking it as seriously as they

should. Many don't know there are simple cures for snoring

these days. One trip around the internet will bring up devices

of all kinds which claim to cure snoring.

The best device, and least expensive, is a " chin strap. " This

forces the mouth to remain closed and the chin locked in place

throughout the night so that the airway remains open.

For the vast majority of snorers, this is all that is required

to turn their snoring problem around, and it takes effect on the

first night's use.

If you are concerned about sleep apnea and have awoken at night

out of breath, sweating, and/or with a rapid heart rate, you

need to seek the advice of your doctor. Sleep apnea is an

extremely serious disease that takes years off of your life span

and ruins your health in many ways.

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Alan Schill is a writer at Sleep Genie and writes on health.

For more information on a simple, inexpensive fix for most

snorers, check out http://www.sleepgenie.com.