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What are the effects of sleep apnea?
People often ask “Can you die from sleep apnea?” The answer is Yes - but not directly.1 When you have sleep apnea, your breathing stops while you sleep. This is called an ‘apnea’. Your brain senses a reduced oxygen level in your blood so it wakes you up so you start to breathe again. Every time...
What are the symptoms of sleep apnea in women?
Sleep apnea doesn’t only happen to old guys who are overweight. For every 2 to 3 men diagnosed with sleep apnea, one woman has it too. Could that woman be you? The signs can be quite subtle and easy to miss, but getting effective treatment could make a heap of difference to your energy level and...
What is Sleep Apnea
Apnea literally means “no breath” or “stopping breathing”. When you have sleep apnea, air stops flowing to your lungs for 10 seconds or longer – that is, you actually stop breathing. This makes your blood oxygen level drop which in turn triggers your brain to wake you up just enough to take a...
Sleep Apnea Facts and Figures
WHAT IS SLEEP-DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB)? SDB describes a number of nocturnal breathing disorders: -Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) -Central sleep apnea (CSA) -Nocturnal hypoventilation -Cheyne–Stokes respiration (CSR) WHAT IS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA)? Most Common From SDB. A partial or...
