how is it treated? what is the cause? get to go for a sleep over at lab next week .
2006-11-12 15:11:07 · 10 answers · asked by Summo 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Sleep apnea occurs when you regularly stop breathing for 10 seconds or longer during sleep. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the number of times in an hour that your breathing stops (apnea) or becomes very slow (hypopnea). Apnea episodes may occur from 5 to 50 times an hour.
2006-11-12 15:13:30 · answer #1 · answered by matthewcgallagher 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sleepapnea.org/ is a good place to start for information.
Sleep apnea is a condition where you literally stop breathing when you are asleep. In some cases you can stop breathing many times in a night and actually wake up before you breathe again. This prevents you from getting REM sleep, which is the deep dreaming restful sleep you need!
Untreated it can cause serious health problems or even death. There are several treatments available. Some people can be helped with minor surgery, some are helped with a mask device (CPAP) that provides a positve airflow and keeps your airways open.
You are doing the right thing being tested.
Good luck!
2006-11-12 15:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by fire4511 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apnea is sleep interrupted by blockage of the airway -- you snore yourself awake for a second because the airway is blocked.
IT DOES NOT GO AWAY BY ITSELF, it requires treatment.
There are several different kids of sleep apnea -- here is an excellent site describing this problem: http://www.helpguide.org/life/sleep_apnea.htm
2006-11-12 15:13:19 · answer #3 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sleep apnea occurs when a person stops breathing intermittently as they sleep. of the treatments i know of, most involve a mask-pump that forces air into your lungs so that you continually breathe as you sleep. symptoms of the disease include fatigue, and bad snoring. good luck with the tests!
2006-11-12 15:14:13 · answer #4 · answered by Syd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-19 07:02:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-12 21:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it means you lose normal breathing pattern to zero during sleeping, unconsciously.
it can happen as a result of breathing tube got squeezed or other respiratory blockage,not from sleeping disorder itself
2006-11-12 16:48:36 · answer #7 · answered by yamio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother had it and it is when you randomly stop breathing in your sleep and wake up. He had his adnoids removed and no longer has that problem, and he stopped getting strep
2006-11-12 15:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by Autumn S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://familydoctor.org/212.xml
2006-11-12 15:12:14 · answer #9 · answered by Robert C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just for the record people, there is sleep apnea, and awake apnea. Please stop saying that there is ONLY sleep apnea.
2006-11-14 21:05:23 · answer #10 · answered by Tan Zanite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋