2006-06-10 06:30:17 · 9 answers · asked by Blue 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Sleep apnea deprives the brain of oxygen, which often startles the diapraghm into action. This wakes people up a little (it definitely disturbs the REM cycle, even if the person doesn't remember waking up). If this happens several times a night, and it usually does, the result is exhaustion. Exhaustion causes a lot of other problems: people are always tired, concentration suffers, mood changes, impulse control lags, and the immune system suffers.
The most common cause is obesity.
2006-06-10 06:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes sleep apnea, my advice to you *not that I am a proffesional or anythign*, would be to se a sleep therapist. Although this condition can range from mild (being stopping breathing anywhere from 2 to 8 times a night), it can be as severe as stopping breathing every 27 seconds, in which case the brain is starved of far too much oxygen to maintain a normal sleep pattern, or live a normal live in which you are fully awake throughout the day. My brother has lived with this condition for several years, and has recently been to a sleep clinic in which they discovered he stops breathing more then he actually breathes during the night. To help this they put him on a regimen of breathing treatments, and also he wears a mask in which to sleep that prompts his breathing, and administers almost pure oxygen. Although his case is severe the treatments have really improved his value of life and sleep.
Best of luck.
2006-06-10 06:38:33 · answer #2 · answered by the honest jerk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is called sleep apena
Cause
A blockage or narrowing of the airways in your nose, mouth, or throat generally causes obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This usually occurs when the throat muscles and tongue relax during sleep and partially block the airway. When you stop breathing or have slowed breathing during your sleep, it may result in less oxygen in your blood.
Obstructive sleep apnea can also occur if you have bone deformities or enlarged tissues in your nose, mouth, or throat. For example, you may have enlarged tonsils. During the day when you are awake and standing up, this may not cause problems. However, when you lie down at night, the tonsils can press down on your airway, narrowing it and causing sleep apnea.surgery can help, also a cpap machine during the night can help.
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Symptoms
The most common symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults are:
Loud snoring. Almost all people who have sleep apnea snore, but not all people who snore have sleep apnea.
Excessive daytime sleepiness, which is falling asleep when you normally should not, such as while you are eating, talking, or driving.
Other symptoms of sleep apnea include:
Episodes of not breathing (apnea), which may occur as few as 5 times an hour (mild apnea) to more than 50 times an hour (severe apnea). How many episodes you have determines how severe your sleep apnea is. When you stop breathing or have slowed breathing during your sleep, it may result in less oxygen in your blood.
Restless tossing and turning during sleep.
Nighttime choking spells, gasping, sweating, and chest pain.
Waking with an unrefreshed feeling after sleep, having problems with memory and concentration, feeling irritable and tired, and experiencing personality changes.
Morning or night headaches. About half of all people with sleep apnea report headaches.
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Heartburn or a sour taste in the mouth at night.
In obese adults, swelling of the legs.
Getting up during the night to urinate (nocturia).
Older adults may normally have periods when they stop breathing during sleep, making it hard to know whether they have sleep apnea. Short lapses in breathing during sleep usually do not cause a large drop in the blood oxygen level.
2006-06-10 06:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by bosslady17872 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called sleep apnea. It usually occurs in obese people. Symptoms include excessive tiredness, even after 8 hours of sleep.
2006-06-10 06:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by Almost MD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep Apnia.
2006-06-10 06:32:51 · answer #5 · answered by jeff_is_sexy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sleep apnea.
2006-06-10 06:36:43 · answer #6 · answered by Terri A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sleep apnea, friends hubby has it and has to sleep with a oxygen mask
2006-06-10 06:46:36 · answer #7 · answered by MC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will have been lost track of your breathing lungs will have been closed up or something.
2006-06-10 06:33:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sleep apnia... not correct spelling
2006-06-10 06:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by socomstud88 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No serious problem
2006-06-10 06:34:36 · answer #10 · answered by pathowiz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋