Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Do you suffer from extreme fatigue during the day? Are you awakened during the night to find yourself gasping for air? If you have these symptoms, it is possible you may be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA. There are approximately 30 million Americans who are victims of OSA. It is important for anyone who has this problem, or knows someone they care about with it to have an understanding of this condition. So what is OSA? OSA is a condition in which an individual experiences recurrent episodes during sleep when their throat closes, and they cannot breath air into their lungs (apnea). What happens during sleep, is the muscles that normally hold the throat open during waking hours, relax too much during sleep, allowing the airway …show more content…
What if she screams and the neighbors hear? Do you call child services first to ask them how long you can let your child scream before they intervene if there is a complaint? If you want to ask questions always ask the doctor first because you never know who you might get in child services and whether or not they are having a bad day. If you think your neighbors can hear apologize for the screaming and let them know you 're trying to get your child sleeping alone. If you don 't think your neighbors will understand stop the crying. Children who get enough sleep are healthy and happy. When children sleep they grow and they need plenty of sleep for all this tiring work going on in their bodies. How do you get them to sleep though? In What Value do Toys have for Children I talk about the transfer object. This is sometimes needed for sleep. On average you should let your child cry twenty minutes. Personally if my child cries twenty minutes in a whole day that is too much. The doctors say children under two should cry at least twenty minutes, it helps develop their lungs. If you put your child to bed and they scream, I don 't mean cry, I mean scream until they make themselves sick and the twenty minutes isn 't up yet what would you do? First, any time you introduce something new you should talk it up. Children don 't like change whether it be changing their clothes, or getting them …show more content…
But did you know that fewer than 40% of us get at least seven hours of sleep per night? That 's a serious problem, according to sleep researchers. On average, Americans are racking up sleep debt at an alarming rate -- approximately 336 hours - or two entire weeks worth of sleep - every year. The benefits of sleep, both health and cognitive, might surprise you. Benefits of Sleep: Diabetes An eye-opening study by researchers at the University of Chicago highlighted several areas in which sleep prevents health problems. Eleven healthy, young adult men who voluntarily restricted their sleep to four hours per night for six days were in a pre-diabetic state by the end of the week. While we already knew that sleep is necessary for the brain, these findings on the benefits of sleep pushed sleep research into the deeper realm of potential medical problems. Benefits of Sleep: Weight A study that looked at nearly 1000 working adults in rural Iowa found that those who slept less had a higher BMI (Body Mass Index). The results were the same even when adjusted for confounding factors. Yet another study, this one done in England, indicates that when children experience sleep deprivation at a very young age, they may be at a higher risk of obesity by age seven. Benefits of Sleep: Teenagers The effects of too little sleep are particularly harsh on teens. A Minnesota study assessed the sleepiness of 7000 high schoolers after