"Sleep Apnea"
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Sleep apnea is a severe sleep disruption that happens when a person's breathing during sleep is disturbed. Individuals with chronic apnea avoid respiring regularly, often multiple times, during their sleep. Which suggests the brain and the rest of the body and brain cannot get adequate oxygen.
Types of sleep apnea:
There are two types,
Obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA): The
more severe of both types of apnea, it is caused by airway blockage, typically
when the soft tissue in the back of the throat collapses while sleeping.

Central sleep apnea: the windpipe is not blocked, unlike OSA, but the brain fails to convey signal of ventilation to group of muscle due to the respiratory control center’s instability.

What are the triggering factors for sleep Apnea?
There are a number of factors that increase the risk.
including having a small upper airway (or a large tongue, tonsils or uvula), being overweight,having a recessed chin, a small jaw or a large overbite, a large neck size (17 inches or more in a man, or 16 inches or more in a woman) smoking and alcohol use, age 40 or older, and ethnicity. In some families OSA also appears to run, suggesting a possible genetic basis.
Symptoms of
Sleep Apnea:
Chronic snoring is a good predictor of sleep apnea and can be
diagnosed by a health practitioner. Since individuals with sleep apnea appear
to be deprived of sleep, they may suffer from sleeplessness and a broad variety
of other symptoms,
Such as trouble focusing, fatigue, irritability, sexual
impairment, cognitive and memory problems, and falling asleep while at work, on
the computer, or driving. Untreated sleep apnea signs may include sleep
disruption, extreme sleepiness throughout the day, elevated blood pressure,
heart disease, congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, stroke, or
depression.

Diagnosis:
Your doctor may conduct an examination on the basis of your
signs and symptoms and a history of sleep, which you may supply with the aid of
someone who shares your bed or household, if necessary.
You are likely to be directed to a sleep disturbance clinic.
A sleep specialist can help you determine your need for further assessment.
The assessment also includes tracking the breathing and other
body functions during sleep over night at a sleep clinic. Home sleep testing
may also be an option. Sleep apnea checks include:

Unless you have obstructive sleep apnea, your doctor can
refer you to an ear, nose and throat doctor to rule out nose or throat
blockage. An examination by a cardiologist or a doctor working in the nervous
system (neurologist) may be appropriate to search for the causes of central
sleep apnea
Treatment options
for sleep apnea
Your doctor can prescribe only behavioral improvements, such
as weight loss or stopping smoking, for milder cases of sleep apnea. When you
have respiratory reactions the doctor should prescribe allergy medication. When
such steps do not change your signs and symptoms or if the apnea is mild or
extreme, then there are a variety of alternative therapies. Some tools can help
open an airway that has been blocked. Other cases could require surgery.
Therapies
Positive
constant airway pressure (CPAP). If you have mild to serious sleep apnea, using a system that
produces air pressure through a mask when you're sleeping may be of use. The
air pressure of CPAP (SEE-pap) is marginally greater than that of the ambient
air, which is sufficient enough to hold the upper airway pathways clear,
avoiding apnea which snoring.

Even though CPAP is the most effective and efficient way of
managing sleep apnea, it is inconvenient or painful to others. Few people give
up on the CPAP system but most people learn with experience to change the brace
stress on the mask to get a relaxed and stable fit.
Oral
appliances, another
option is to use an oral device intended to hold the throat free. CPAP is more
reliably effective than oral appliances but it could be easier to use oral
appliances. Others are built by pulling the mouth down to expand the neck,
which may also alleviate snoring and moderate, obstructive sleep apnea.

The dentist provides a range of products. Maybe you need to test various apps before you find one that fits for you.
Oxygen replacement therapy. If you have central sleep apnea, the use of supplemental oxygen when you sleep can aid. There are different sources of oxygen accessible through machines that provide oxygen to the lungs..
Servo
Adaptive Ventilation (ASV). This airflow system, which was recently licensed, learns the regular
breathing pattern and stores the knowledge in an embedded database. The system
uses friction to normalize the breathing rhythm when you fall asleep to avoid
delays in the respiration.

ASV tends to be more effective in managing severe sleep apnea
in certain patients than other types of constructive airway control. This may
not also be a safe option for people with core sleep apnea and ads.
Surgical treatments
Tissue shrinkage. Another method is to use
radio-frequency ablation to compress the tissue between your mouth and back of
your neck. It can be used to combat mild to severe sleep apnea. One study found
this had similar effects to that of removing tissue, but with fewer surgical
risks.
Repositioning
of Nose. During this
operation the jaw from the majority of the face bones were pushed together. It
expand the gap between the tongue and soft palate, rendering it less likely to
block. This operation is known as development to the maxillomandibular.
Create a new passageway to air (tracheostomy). If all therapies have worked, and you have serious life-threatening sleep apnea, you can require this type of surgery.
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tracheostomy procedure |
The physician creates a hole through the neck through this operation, and then installs a metal or acrylic tube into which you breathe. During the day, you keep the hole closed. But at night you open it to help air flow in and out of your lungs, bypassing your throat’s restricted air passage.
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