Snoring is something very annoying, both for the for the person who snores, to their loved ones, but snoring is not something particularly dangerous in itself. However, there is another condition, linked to snoring, which Yes may have far more dangerous medical implications. It's sleep apnea.
Syndrome is a common condition in the adult population. It is a sleep disorder that makes breathing stops at times while sleeping. In addition to the characteristic snoring, one of the main symptoms is an excessive tiredness and drowsiness during the day. Is associated with an increased risk of hypertension, cardiovascular, and thus also to accidents and traffic.
What exactly is
Sleep apnea, known in medical terms as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), causes a detention of breathing at times while sleeping. During sleep, patients suffering from apnea may stop breathing up to 10 seconds when blockages in your Airways stopped the flow of air reaching the lungs.
When this occurs, the lack of oxygen causes the person to wake up from a deep sleep to a much lighter sleep or even that wakes up fully. This is often combined with a tremendous snoring or snorting to clear the obstruction.
This disease, which is most common in men, suffering from 2 to 10% of people. When there is an overweight, there are more likely to suffer this disease, but also suffer problems of overweight individuals.
Types of apnea
There are 2 main types of sleep apnea:
1) apnea - throat muscles relax and collapse causing a total obstruction of the Airways.
2) hypopnea - there is a partial obstruction of the Airways, reducing the amount of air reaching the lungs by more than 50%.
Symptoms
Sleep apnea often passes unnoticed, since people who have it think that they are simply always tired. That is why is so important to know the symptoms to detect disease:
- Strong snoring when asleep
- Pauses in breathing while sleeping
- Excessive tiredness and fatigue during the day
- Fall asleep anywhere during the day
Possible treatments
While sometimes it is not possible to cure sleep apnea full, yes it is possible to significantly reduce its effects.
Some changes such as are highly recommended:
- Lose weight
- Reduce the consumption of tobacco and alcohol
- Sleep sideways or upside down
If you sleep with someone, you can ask to help you identify snoring to know if it can be obstructive Sleep Apnea. It should not be alarmed because not all those who snore have sleep apnea, but it is true that all those who suffer from sleep apnea, snoring.
There are three factors that increase the chance of sleep apnea are: systemic arterial hypertension, obesity, tiredness during the day. If you suffer two of these issues it is important that you go to a specialist so that you assess your situation.
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