Obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep disorders are serious disorders that can interfere with someone’s normal physical, social, emotional, and mental health. The most common sleep disorders are sleep related breathing disorders. This includes; Obstructive Sleep Apnea, snoring, Central Sleep Apnea, Child Sleep Apnea, Infant Sleep Apnea, and Sleep Related Groaning. The most common sleep disorder is Snoring. Snoring is the loud or harsh sound that someone has during sleep. This happens because when you breathe during sleep the…

yet. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome my freshmen year. I had no choice but to go through surgery in attempt to open my airways to improve breathing, which was unsuccessful. Due to lack of sleep and breathing, I had to carry out a sleep study. Spending the night at the hospital and responding to additional questions aided the sleep specialists in deciding what was wrong with me. The specialists came to the conclusion that I had sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome.…

really think of sleep as a “problem”, but sleep itself is more complicated then most would think. Every night we lay down for bed unaware of what’s going on in our brain and how it is affecting our bodies. Of course sleep is essential, but if you are not receiving the right amount it can cause a variety of problems. We know too little sleep isn’t good, but did you know that too much is worse than not enough? When your head hits the pillow and you finally fall asleep, a ninety minute sleep cycle…

regarding a person’s sleep schedule, there have been a multitude of high level examinations in order to make a validated conclusion about how sleep deprivation, or apnea, has an effect on a person’s attention-span and mood. However, these examinations have never properly been compared to another form of sleep complications which would be periodical night awakenings throughout the course of a person’s normal sleep. Due to this neglect of an experiment comparing the effects of sleep deprivation…

that a doctor is directly able to detect without examining a patient. Extreme fatigue is a persistent lack of motivation and energy that continues despite adequate sleep and rest. It is not a disease but illness symptoms that manifest itself in psychological and physical condition or both. Extreme fatigue and drowsiness (need to sleep) are different, though both are able to affect an individual at the same time. Types of Fatigue Fatigue has different possible causes with non-specific symptoms.…

Sleep can be defined as a necessary time of physical and mental rest, where consciousness, thought, and voluntary movements stop and sporadic dreaming occurs. No one knows why or how humans and other animals sleep, but it is certain that the type of sleep affects quality, quantity, and effectiveness of wakeful mental and physical activities. However, scientists have confirmed that sleep occurs in two stages, REM and NREM. REM sleep is rapid eye movement sleep and NREM is non-rapid eye movement…

My Discussion I have both experienced and witnessed tragedy as a result of acute sleep loss. The first was my college roommate; that was killed when he fell asleep at the wheel one weekend while trying to get back to class after driving all night. At the time I had no idea that I would also have a life changing event, by doing the same, falling asleep at the wheel. At present, I am not a shift worker. Do to my civilian career in commercial aviation as an Aircraft Maintenance Technician…

The average person sleeps for one third of their life, and the average number of hours per night is about eight hours. However, some people barely get two or three, some people get twelve hours but cannot stop feeling tired. These examples are some of the many side effects of a sleep disorder. The most common sleep disorders include: Insomnia, Parasomnia, Hypersomnia, Sleep Apnea, Narcolepsy and Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). These various disorders affect many people, some are more common than…

Psychological Effects of Sleep Isaac Newton in his famous Newton’s Laws pointed out that for every action there must always be a reaction. This phenomenon manifests in all aspects of life. Everybody needs to sleep and the sleep must be sufficient. Insufficient sleep has a share of its effects. Basically, sleep is one of the many altered states of a human being’s consciousness. This implies that it directly has psychological implications and its insufficiency or excessiveness has direct impact…

SLEEP PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN. There are numerous kids in the world who have a lot of difficulties when it comes to sleep time be it an afternoon nap or at night. If you are one of the parents whose kid has sleep associated problem, receive my empathy. It is the best I can do; sympathize, because it can be a very frustrating situation not only to the kids but also to you. Simply because no parent can fall asleep if the kids are ranting, throwing tantrums or even just playing around in the house…