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Sleep Apnea - Three Main Treatment Options

Paul Sweeney, RRT, discusses the three main treatment options for sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea - Weight as a Factor

Paul Sweeney, RRT, discusses weight loss as a way to help treat sleep apnea.

Sleep Apnea - Dental Device Treatment

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Sleep Specialists

Sleep specialists can help if you or a loved one has trouble falling or staying asleep. Many people suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea.

Find local sleep specialists, CPAP providers, sleep disorder videos and articles, and more.

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National Sleep Foundation: Sleep Related Problems: Investigation into loss of sleep due to specific catalysts.

Sleep Disorders: Sleep disorders are disturbances that affect the ability to fall asleep, stay asleep, or stay awake.

Sleep Education: Sleep Disorders: A sleep disorder disrupts and disturbs your overall quality of life.

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Sleep Disorder Clinics - Sleep Apnea Videos and Articles - CPAP

Whether you suffer from insomnia or sleep apnea, you could benefit from seeing a sleep specialist. Sleep specialists work with all kinds of patients, providing CPAP equipment, doing sleep testing, and medications. Health Choices has sleep specialist listings, sleep disorder clinics, and sleep disorder videos and articles to help you make an informed decision.

Central and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Central sleep apnea occurs when a person has one or more pauses in breathing during sleep. If a person stops breathing completely or takes less than 25% of a normal breath for a period of 10 seconds or more, it's considered sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is much less common than obstructive sleep apnea, but what happens is a person's brain essentially forgets to tell their lungs to breathe. A person subsequently stops breathing and repetitively wakes up from sleep.

Sleep Apnea Symptoms

The most common sign and symptom of sleep apnea is snoring and witnessed apneas at night. If you're experiencing sleep apnea symptoms – or your partner lets you know that you stop breathing in bed, you should seek medical help. There are sleep apnea tests and treatments to help you get a better night's sleep, including stays at a sleep disorder clinic to learn more about your condition.
Other sleep apnea symptoms include:

Night sweats
Having to use the restroom a lot
Headaches
Depression
Irritability

If you experience sleep apnea symptoms, you may be a candidate for overnight sleep testing. Overnight sleep apnea tests monitor brain waves, eye movement, muscle tension, oxygen level in the blood, and respiration.

Sleep Apnea Treatment

There are a number of sleep apnea treatments, including dental devices, manual and auto adjusting CPAP machines, sleep apnea masks, and surgery. A sleep specialist can help determine what type of sleep apnea treatment is right for you.

CPAP Equipment

If you've been diagnosed with sleep apnea, your physician will recommend sleep apnea treatment with a CPAP machine. CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP). A CPAP machine is a small bedside pump that produces air, hooked up to a hose that's attached to a mask that you wear on your nose. The pressure in the mask is blown into your airway and it prevents the tissue and the jaw from blocking your airway. Many times a CPAP machine can be given out on a trial basis, so patients can try this sleep apnea machine to see if symptoms improve. Find out more about CPAP trials.

Check out Health Choices sleep specialists, sleep disorder clinics, and sleep apnea videos and articles.

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