Category Archives: Sleeping Disorders

What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

By RodneyB | Published: May 18, 2009
sleep disorder Obstructive sleep apnea affects up to four percent of middle-aged adults, yet often goes undiagnosed. As with other sleep disorders, sufferers often experience sleepiness during the day, irritability and a number of other health problems. However, there are apnea treatment options, including surgery, that can relieve the symptoms of the condition. If you suspect [...]
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Sleep Apnea and Weight Issues

By RodneyB | Published: May 18, 2009
Sleep apnea is a serious condition where there are pauses in breathing during sleep. These are defined medically when an individual literally stops breathing. Sleep apnea treatments are especially important for patients with a weight issue, as this is a serious disorder. Obstructive sleep apnea is one type of apnea that is a common problem among [...]
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Helping You Understand Sleep Apnea

By RodneyB | Published: May 9, 2009
Sleep apnea is a disorder of interrupted breathing during sleep. It usually occurs in association with fat buildup or loss of muscle tone with aging. These changes allow the windpipe to collapse during breathing when muscles relax during sleep. This problem, called obstructive sleep apnea, is usually associated with loud snoring (though not everyone who snores [...]
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Neurostimulation For Obstructive Sleep Apnea

By RodneyB | Published: April 22, 2009
Many experts have the belief that obstructive sleep apnea is a root brain condition, in which the nerves responsible for controlling the soft palate and tongue fail to stimulate the muscles, which may lead to their over-relaxation, thus the airway obstruction. Some experiments used pacemakers and anything equivalent to program the detection of breathing effort. [...]
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Sleep Apnea Represents An Extremely Commonly Seen and Potentially Fatal Sleeping Disorder

By RodneyB | Published: April 16, 2009
Sleep apnea is possibly the most commonly seen of all sleep disorders and affects in the region of 18,000,000 people in the United States. A sleep disorder characterized by interrupted breathing during sleep, sleep apnea is also unquestionably the most dangerous of sleep disorders as it deprives the brain of critical oxygen and can sometimes [...]
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The Difference Between Sleep Apnea & Snoring

By RodneyB | Published: April 14, 2009
Many people may relate sleep apnea to snoring, which may seem right. But they should take note that there is a difference between sleep apnea and snoring. Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder which causes a person to have shallow breathing patterns or pauses in breathing. Snoring on the other hand is a vibration of [...]
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