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    Snoring and Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea is a very serious sleeping disorder. It is characterized by repeated pauses in breathing of a person while he is asleep. What happens is that the person stops breathing for a while and starts breathing again after a little pause that can last anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes. This ‘pause and start’ nature of sleep results in snoring. However, it is important to note that snoring and sleep apnea are two separate conditions and people who snore do…

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    The Risks of Sleep Apnea Surgery By harley john Nov 20, 2012 Sleep apnea surgery is recommended by nose, ear and throat specialists. This surgery is only advisable for people who suffer from severe obstructive sleep apnea. However, it is best to have this surgery only if it is also recommended by a sleep specialist. The correct name for sleep apnea surgery is Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, for short it is called UPPP. The surgery removes some of the soft tissue that lines the back of the throat.…

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    Sleep Apnea and Snoring Therapy INTRO About 90 million Americans experience some form of snoring or sleep apnea, according to the National Sleep Foundation. While snoring can be annoying, it is relatively harmless. Sleep apnea, on the other hand, should be addressed to prevent more serious problems down the road. Sleep apnea, by definition, is the failure to achieve oronasal air flow for at least 10 seconds at a time while sleeping. This can occur five to 10 times per hour in people who have…

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    Sleep, it is the one thing that everyone wishes they would have gotten more of every single night when waking up early in the morning. The sad thing is though, we never actually get as much as we would like. We generally tend to put sleep off the most out of anything throughout our lives, mainly because it means it’s the end of our days. We’d tend to put on one of our favorite tv episodes or movies on, or play video games instead of sleeping. We do this simply because we’re humans. Unless we’ve…

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    Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder medical condition in which a person’s breathing is interrupted while asleep. Untreated patients with this condition stop breathing repeatedly through their sleep cycles which may cause the body or the brain to not receive oxygen. The sudden grasps for air during these moments causes a lack of REM (rapid eye movement). REM sleep deprivation causes serious effects on a person while awake during the day such as the process of storing memories, learning, and…

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    Are The Risk Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome? By Wellyn Leu | Submitted On January 09, 2011 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Share this article on Facebook Share this article on Twitter Share this article on Google+ Share this article on Linkedin Share this article on StumbleUpon Share this article on Delicious Share this article on Digg Share this article on Reddit Share this article on Pinterest Expert Author Wellyn Leu Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea…

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    The average sleep for one’s life is a third of their life. Next a person normally should get around eight hours of sleep each night but if a person has some kind of sleep disorder that will typically affect their body,sleep and hours of sleep they get. Some very common sleep disorders that everyone knows about are insomnia,obstructive sleep apnea,night terrors,sleepwalking and narcolepsy. These disorders affect many people.Some are very common for some people, others can be treated.These…

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    8 Effective Responses to Sleep Apnea We might own the night, as Selena Gomez sings but sometimes this is easier said than done. For one reason or other, sleep can be elusive to many - quality sleep most especially. A number of sleep disorders have been growing in prevalence of late. Among these is sleep apnea. The three types of sleep apnea are: Obstructive sleep apnea, where the soft tissue at the back of the throat relaxes in sleep, creating a block to the air passage and is often…

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    of something called sleep apnea . I thought of sleep apnea just as something that could be cured but little did I know there is more to it then just a sleeping disorder , Sleep Apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain and the rest of the body may not get enough oxygen. Sleep is essential to…

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    A Sleeping disorder refers to a medical disorder in the sleep pattern of an animal or a person. Sleeping disorders exist in various forms and are categorized depending on their causes and impacts especially on human beings (Lautenbacher, 2012).These disorders can be brought about by an assortment of issues, ranging from teeth pounding also known as teeth grinding (bruxism) to nightmares. Some sleeping disorders have serious side effects and are sufficiently substantial to interfere with normal…

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