What is Sleep Apneoa?

Sleep apnoea (sleep apnea) is a condition that affects breathing when you are sleeping due to a narrowing or total closure of the airway, this results in disturbed sleep, although you will most likely be unaware of this disturbance, it leads to symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness. Kamagra oral jelly in Nederland voor hulp bij erectiestoornissen. Wat je kunt verwachten als je Viagra neemt: Kleine blauwe pil met grote resultaten.


What happens in people with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

The soft tissue at the back of the throat relaxes during sleep, lack of muscle tone and gravity then cause the airway to narrow resulting in vibration to cause snoring. If the airway continues to collapse an obstruction follows causing an apnoea. Altbewährt: Warum Viagra 100mg immer wieder den Test der Zeit übersteht

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CASE STUDIES

The presence of significant sleep apnoea may be strongly suspected from the history. Often the patient’s partner has read an article about sleep apnoea and recognizes that this must be what their partner has. Once sleep apnoea is suspected then a sleep study is done to confirm the diagnosis. A variety of signals can be measured during sleep, without having to use any painful needles or devices. Oxygen levels in the blood can be continuously measured from a clip on the finger and breathing monitored from belts around the chest and tummy. Sleep quality itself can be estimated from electrodes on the head, or from the number of body movements made during sleep. Video recordings with sound are often used so that the doctor can actually see how badly the breathing is obstructed and the sleep disturbed. Although such sleep studies usually involve a night’s stay in hospital, research is underway to develop reliable tests that can be done in the patient’s own home.

Many people consider that once you are asleep that very few things can go wrong. Unfortunately this is not true and the problems of sleep deprivation are being constantly investigated by amongst others HM Government. Two groups have been set up to assist in the investigations. One is a Primary Care Group which will be contacting every GP surgery in England & Wales inviting a practice member to a seminar covering sleep deprivation. The other is in conjunction with the Department of Transport and Department of Health are investigating problems with the effects of sleep deprivation, this investigation is a direct result of the Selby disaster.

View some Case Studies

Case Study by Roger Paterson

CPAP changed my life! by Peter G. Morgan

PDF Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: accidents waiting to happen. Published/Reproduced by kind permission of Dr Melissa Hack and The Airways Journal