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    Sleep apnea is a common disorder where an individual’s breathing is briefly and repeatedly interrupted during sleep (Chieh-Lung Chou, Hsieh, Chen, Chang, Hang & Liang, 2015). The two types of sleep apnea are central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is caused by an abnormality in the brain that does not send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing. The most common form of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), is breathing that is interrupted due to…

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    returned to the training dome to check on the Pokémon Trainer’s progress. The sight she stumbled upon when she arrived at the teen’s location was really intolerable. Her right eye twitched violently as she noticed that Ash fell asleep in his spot, snoring softly with his arms crossed and a small trail of drool dangling from his mouth. "Mr. Ketchum!" She lost her composure, startling the poor teen awake as he jolted and glanced around frantically with a dazed expression on his face. "Huh?!…

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    for sleep. This clock typically follows a 24-hour repeating rhythm (called the circadian rhythm). The rhythm affects every cell, tissue, and organ in your body and how they work. (NIH) Snoring is the primary cause of sleep disruption for approximately 90 million American adults; 37 million on a regular basis. Snoring is most commonly associated with persons who are overweight and the condition often becomes worse with age. (sleepofundation) There are many sleep disorders that result in sleep…

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    sleep apnoea: sleep apnoea can last up to a minute or more. In severe cases it may occur multiple times at night. During it there is usually no sound, which is noticeable if the person has been snoring previously. However, sometimes you may hear them choking. Scientists say that the risk factors in this medical illness include of the age and obesity in men.Sleep apnoea occurs when the walls of the throat come together during sleep, which causes the throat to block off the upper airway.…

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    A New Country, a New Journey The moment I woke up, I smelled the chicken sandwiches and coffee that were served to the passengers on board. I regained my consciousness due to the loud snoring of the person sleeping beside me. I opened my eyes right before the flight attendant asked me, “Can I get you something to eat, sir?” I said, while suppressing a yawn, “A chicken sandwich and a cup of coffee, please.” She handed me the last meal on board with a smile and said in a merry voice “Here you go,…

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    Assuming that it was one of the videos usually streaming, Jaden who had meet me there, and I entered the room. There in the corner was a cyclops snoring vigorously in his deep slumber. He was a frightful sight almost nearly impossible to believe. I shook my head trying to shake the day dream out of my head, only it was…

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    classroom. She screamed like the ususal that is why I disliked her strongly almost with a passion. One of my closed friends at the time kept tryna to tell me it was a good story. So I started to read the story and got so bored I fell asleep and started snoring. I thought Ive never read a story this boring, this is what I thought about most books. I went home and tossed the book on my floor and didn’t look at it until the do date.Then due date came and she ask every one how was the book. I didn’t…

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    The sleeping disorder that I chose is sleep apnea. When a person has sleep apnea, they stop breathing for a short amount of time while they are sleeping. There are actually three different kinds of sleep apnea. They are obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and complex sleep apnea syndrome. Obstructive sleep apnea is caused by the muscles in the back of the throat. These muscles relax and cause the airways to contract or close as a person breathes in. This doesn’t allow people to receive…

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    Strollo, M.D., professor of medicine and clinical science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Two thirds of patients using the Inspire UAS therapy device had successful control of their OSA although even more reported improvement in snoring, daytime sleepiness and quality of life…

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    as an obvious population for validation of the PSQI. PSQI-P reliability in our study were higher than Shochat Dsc et al. study(5). Similar to Shochat Dsc study our sample included a various clinical sleep disorders population such as insomnia, snoring, suspected obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy and hypersomnia. Our data suggest that poor sleep quality is a common findings in patients suspected to sleep apnea like previous studies(18)and other sleep disorders. Therefore, PSQI-P could be as…

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