Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders Rarely Known People

What is Sleep Apnea?

 Apnea is pause of breath during sleep. Apnea occurs when your airway is closed so that no air reaching the lungs. Cycle of sleep apnea can be explained as follows:

First, you can sleep quietly and breathe normally. The air in your airways to flow easily into the lungs. Then, you start to snore loudly. This is a sign that your airway partially blocked. Partially blocked breathing difficulties mean air into your lungs. Next, your airways are fully closed. No air reaching the lungs. Your brain tells you to breathe as usual, but you can not breathe because your airways closed. This is called apnea. After a pause 10-30 seconds or more, your brain realizes you have not breathe, then you will awake suddenly to take a breath. You take a breath in the air and began to sleep again.

This cycle may continue throughout the night: you are breathing calmly, your snoring, you have breathing pauses, you wake up gasping, and you begin to breathe again. Many people who have dozens or hundreds of events overnight sleep apnea. This means tens or hundreds of times a sleep disorder. You can not get the sleep you need to be healthy.

Cause 

1. Your throat muscles are too relaxed (loose), so cover your airways
2. Fatty tissue covering the tongue or your airways
3. You have a narrow airway. 

  Symptom

1. You are very sleepy during the day, but you do not know why.
2. You snore and stop breathing during sleep
3.  

As a result of sleep apnea
 
Sleeping sickness can cause health problems, accidents, and premature death if not treated immediately.
 
A person suffering from sleep apnea at risk for cardiovascular disease. Respiratory problems that often occur at night creating a shortage of oxygen that can damage the brain, heart and other organs.
  
Because not enough sleep, the body often needs extra carbohydrates. People with sleep apnea will then eat a lot so it tends to be heavier. Obesity is a risk factor for many diseases.

People with sleep apnea feel sleepy, always tired, headaches, difficulty concentrating and memory loss during the day because the body and brain not getting enough sleep. This can be at risk of accidents when a person operating machinery or vehicles.
   
This disease can cause sudden death because the heart suddenly stops.

Risk factors

1. Men.
2. Older than 40 years.
3. Obesity
4. Have: great neck / thick, large tongue, large tonsils, chin folded into, small throat, sleep apnea or family. 

 Treatment   
     
Sleep apnea is not a cure. People who have mild sleep apnea can be helped with weight loss, dental or tonsillectomy (if the cause is enlarged tonsils).

The most effective treatment for patients with severe apnea (which has more than 30 times the breathing pauses per hour) is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / CPAP. It is a device with a nasal mask connected to a generator engine air flow. Of engine generators, air is pumped through the nose or mouth to ensure that the airway is always open throughout the night. Sleeping with a CPAP is not fun, but it was the only treatment that can often save lives.

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