Feb
26
2010
Could Someone Please Tell Me About Sleep Disorder [apnoea] ? Sorry Not Sure Of The Spelling.?
Posted by: Alan in Sleep Disorder, tags: About, apnoea, Could, Disorder, Please, Sleep, Someone, Sorry, Sure., Tell
how is it treated? what is the cause? get to go for a sleep over at lab next week .
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February 26th, 2010 at 5:59 am
Sleep apnea occurs when you regularly stop breathing for 10 seconds or longer during sleep. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the number of times in an hour that your breathing stops (apnea) or becomes very slow (hypopnea). Apnea episodes may occur from 5 to 50 times an hour.
February 26th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Just for the record people, there is sleep apnea, and awake apnea. Please stop saying that there is ONLY sleep apnea.
February 26th, 2010 at 6:57 pm
My brother had it and it is when you randomly stop breathing in your sleep and wake up. He had his adnoids removed and no longer has that problem, and he stopped getting strep
February 26th, 2010 at 10:44 pm
http://www.sleepapnea.org/ is a good place to start for information.
Sleep apnea is a condition where you literally stop breathing when you are asleep. In some cases you can stop breathing many times in a night and actually wake up before you breathe again. This prevents you from getting REM sleep, which is the deep dreaming restful sleep you need!
Untreated it can cause serious health problems or even death. There are several treatments available. Some people can be helped with minor surgery, some are helped with a mask device (CPAP) that provides a positve airflow and keeps your airways open.
You are doing the right thing being tested.
Good luck!
February 27th, 2010 at 12:58 am
Apnea is sleep interrupted by blockage of the airway — you snore yourself awake for a second because the airway is blocked.
IT DOES NOT GO AWAY BY ITSELF, it requires treatment.
There are several different kids of sleep apnea — here is an excellent site describing this problem: http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_apne…
February 27th, 2010 at 5:26 am
it means you lose normal breathing pattern to zero during sleeping, unconsciously.
it can happen as a result of breathing tube got squeezed or other respiratory blockage,not from sleeping disorder itself
February 27th, 2010 at 6:09 am
Insomnia (sleeplessness) is due to stress, dietary and medical
problems. By making small lifestyle changes like having a fixed
daily routine, relaxing and eating properly, insomnia can be
cured. I found the information at http://tinyurl.com/jfzpz useful
for getting sleep.
February 27th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
this should help!
February 27th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
http://familydoctor.org/212.xml
February 27th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
sleep apnea occurs when a person stops breathing intermittently as they sleep. of the treatments i know of, most involve a mask-pump that forces air into your lungs so that you continually breathe as you sleep. symptoms of the disease include fatigue, and bad snoring. good luck with the tests!