Sleep Apnea
August 25, 2008
Do you know that sleep apnea in obstructive form is one of the weird causes of separation of married couples. The disorder occurs when the respiration passage is obstructed or chocked by the excess tissue like tongue, large uvula, fatty deposits in the passage walls, nasal congestion, tonsils etc. It results in airway openings of smaller size in comparison to them who do not have sleep apnea. A restricted airway results in obstruction leading to the formation of sound.
The crisis of oxygen and formation of CO2 along with pressure exerted for taking breath is the result for waking up and gasping for air till the time oxygen levels in blood come back to the normal condition. This situation can be fatal at times.
In more serious form, a person having this disorder can not breathe properly but can sleep in that time.
Few people repeat the sequence several times at the night time without the awareness of how is the breathing succession happening. Many times the patients do not realize the gravity of problem and may feel lethargic in daily routine. Some sufferers forcibly get up due to the apnea disorder and not able to sleep again. This reason of insomnia keeps them sleepy all the time during working hours. The disorder can worsen if a person with this problem starts taking sleeping pills. Because it loosens up respiratory muscles suppress breathing.
One of the major symptoms of this kind of sleep apnea is snoring. Although snoring is not medical problem, but it is very noisy causing disturbance to others sleeping beside him. The snoring may cause choking, gasping or holding breath during the time of sleep.
Neck thicker in size has higher chances of having this disorder. Size of neck more than sixteen inches raises the chance of this disorder in women. Mostly, the patients having this sleeping disorder leads to hypertension.
People with this disorder feel extremely sleepy at their working hours during day time indulge in traffic accidents frequently. Arrhythmias or not regular heart beats may be the result of apnea spells.
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