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Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea is a sleeping disorder, in which you stop breathing several times while sleeping. If it’s not treated on time, it can cause number of health problems such as heart attack, heart failure, high blood pressure, snoring, daytime tiredness, diabetes, etc. Sleep apnea can occur in about 25% of men and 10% of women. It can also occur in babies, children, elder peoples, it has no age boundary.
- 1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common type of sleep apnea. It happens when your airways become completely blocked or partially blocked repeatedly during sleep. During an apneic episode, the diaphragm and chest muscles work harder than usual as the pressure increase to open the airway. This can interfere with sound sleep and reduce the flow of oxygen to vital organs.
- Symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea:
- Headache
- Sexual dysfunction
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Fatigue
- Snoring
- Daytime sleepiness
- Dry mouth
- Sore throat
- Night Sweating
- 2. Central Sleep Apnea
In Central sleep apnea, the airways are not locked during sleep. Instead of this, your brain fails to signal muscles to breathe because of instability in respiratory control center. Central sleep apnea is related to the function of your ‘Central nervous system’. A person with central sleep apnea generally feels that they have insomnia, but have choking or gasping sensation when they wake up.
- Symptoms of central sleep apnea:
- Sweating
- Daytime mouth breath
- Bed-wetting
- Poor learning performance
- Behavioral disorder