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The results of a new research study in the Netherlands are shocking, the study was done with 1500 people. People who snore and the partners of people who snore are harmful for the economy, They make more mistakes, are less able to focus on there work and they call in sick more times than there colleagues who don’t snore. One third of all people snore these day’s, we can’t deny any longer that snoring is a big problem and not just for the people who snore but also for society. It is time we learn how to prevent snoring.

How do you prevent snoring?

The first step is to be aware that there is a problem, when you have partner it is easy. If you snore they probably would have told you more than once, when you sleep and snore on your own it is a bit more difficult.

You know you probably have at least a snoring problem if you experience the following symptoms:

• If you fall asleep at inappropriate times
• If you do not feel rested when you wake up in the morning
• In you have memory difficulties
• If you have headaches
• If you feel you have a constant low energy level

The second step is to ask your partner (or ask a friend or family member to sleep over) to observe your snoring. They can tell you in what position your body and head lies, how the snoring sounds and if you stop breathing all together during the night.

For almost all types of snoring there are tips to prevent snoring. However there is one great tip for all those people who are overweight.

The best tip we can give you is losing weight

Most medical advisers and doctors will give you this tip as advise to prevent snoring and they are right. If you are overweight this often is the best tip to prevent snoring. Being overweight often leads to problems that cause snoring. On the windpipe and the lungs is more pressure because of the excess weight and this can also cause your snoring.

On the other hand, there is often less strength, more loose tissue and weak muscles around the air passages. This weak muscles and loose tissue vibrates more and causes the snoring. Next to loosing weight, the second best advice we can give you is a stop snoring exercise  program.

Sleeping position

In the beginning of this article we already said that you should let someone observe your sleeping position because if you don’t know how you sleep, you wont be able to sleep different. When you sleep on your back you will often snore much more than when you sleep on your side. There are devices that make sure that when you turn and end up on your back this position causes discomfort for instance because of something on your back, a well shaped pillow or mattress accessory and so on.

Of course there are many other prevent snoring solutions but these are the ones you should remember. Losing some weight is not just better for your health but it can also prevent snoring. And that is good for you, your partner and for society.

Tom Dowling will show you at his site “Gotta Stop Snoring .com” all there is to know about the subject in articles about for example Snoring Problems or the Snore No More Pillow

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Sleep Apnea is when your breathing stops during sleep, and it can be fatal.

I made this video, with the help of the tech, Mark, to help those who are told they need a sleep study to diagnose sleep apnea.

There is humor in anything, I think, but sleep apnea can be deadly and is not a joke.

If your doc wants you tested, get tested.

I will get my results in a week or so.

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WHAT IS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA(OSA)?
Loud snoring which is interrupted by respiratory arrest (apnea) of more than 10 secs in duration is obstructive sleep apnea. This is usually accompanied by a reduction in blood oxygen saturation followed by a microawakening to breath. In severe cases, hundreds of breathing pauses can occur every night.
In obstructive apnea, the throat closes during inhalation due to excessive relaxation of the pharynx muscles and the floor of the mouth, accompanied by increased tissue pressure from outside. This prevents air from entering the lungs, and the patient is threatened with suffocation.

IS OSA DANGEROUS? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?
OSA has been ociated with an increased mortality ratio of 3.33. Sleep apnea has been ociated with an up to 23-fold increased risk of heart attack. A number of studies have now documented sleep apnea in over two-thirds of male stroke victims. In the las JNC-7 Guidelines of hypertension, OSA was the most common etiology for secondary hypertension. In fact, in some series, almost half of subjects with hypertension demonstrated sleep apnea. In many patients, treating sleep apnea can bring blood pressure readings under control: often with less medication.

In some cases, OSA may be fatal. In many instances, the idea that someone died peacefully during sleep clearly must have amounted to wishful thinking, since instead, the deceased was probably fighting violently for breath up to the very end.

The most frequent symptom of sleep apnea is tiredness during the day. The continual lack of quality sleep can affect one’s life in many ways including depression, irritability, loss of memory, lack of energy, sexual dysfunction, a high risk of auto and workplace accidents, and many other problems.

Other common complications of sleep apnea include heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and increased levels of fasting blood glucose, insulin, and glycosylated hemoglobin, independent of body weight.

IS OSA COMMON?
Yes, extremely common! Sleep apneaoccurs in all age groups and both sexes but is more common in men. Four percent of middle-aged men and 2 percent of middle0aged women have sleep apnea.

WHO GETS OSA?
People most likely to have or develop sleep apnea include those who snore loudly and also are overweight, or have high blood pressure, or have some physical abnormality in the nose, throat, or other parts of the upper airway. Sleep apnea seems to run in some families, suggesting a possible genetic basis.

HOW WILL I KNOW IF MY PATIENT HAS OSA?
The only definite way to diagnose is to spend a night in a sleep laboratory to have a polysomnogram. The Chong Hua Hospital Center for Sleep Disorders is the first and only complete sleep laboratory outside Manila. During the sleep study, 16 recordings (including Electroencephalogram, EKG, Electromyogram, electrooculogram, sleep position, pulse oximetry, airflow measurements by oronasal thermistor and nasal pressure transducer, thoracic and abdominal efforts, real time video recording, snoriing sensors and limb movement monitor) will be analyzed to make a definitive diagnosis and initiate treatment. Diagnosis of sleep apnea is not simple because there can be many different reasons for disturbed sleep.

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WHAT IS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA(OSA)?
Loud snoring which is interrupted by respiratory arrest (apnea) of more than 10 secs in duration is obstructive sleep apnea. This is usually accompanied by a reduction in blood oxygen saturation followed by a microawakening to breath. In severe cases, hundreds of breathing pauses can occur every night.
In obstructive apnea, the throat closes during inhalation due to excessive relaxation of the pharynx muscles and the floor of the mouth, accompanied by increased tissue pressure from outside. This prevents air from entering the lungs, and the patient is threatened with suffocation.

IS OSA DANGEROUS? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?
OSA has been ociated with an increased mortality ratio of 3.33. Sleep apnea has been ociated with an up to 23-fold increased risk of heart attack. A number of studies have now documented sleep apnea in over two-thirds of male stroke victims. In the las JNC-7 Guidelines of hypertension, OSA was the most common etiology for secondary hypertension. In fact, in some series, almost half of subjects with hypertension demonstrated sleep apnea. In many patients, treating sleep apnea can bring blood pressure readings under control: often with less medication.

In some cases, OSA may be fatal. In many instances, the idea that someone died peacefully during sleep clearly must have amounted to wishful thinking, since instead, the deceased was probably fighting violently for breath up to the very end.

The most frequent symptom of sleep apnea is tiredness during the day. The continual lack of quality sleep can affect one’s life in many ways including depression, irritability, loss of memory, lack of energy, sexual dysfunction, a high risk of auto and workplace accidents, and many other problems.

Other common complications of sleep apnea include heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and increased levels of fasting blood glucose, insulin, and glycosylated hemoglobin, independent of body weight.

IS OSA COMMON?
Yes, extremely common! Sleep apnea occurs in all age groups and both sexes but is more common in men. Four percent of middle-aged men and 2 percent of middle0aged women have sleep apnea.

WHO GETS OSA?
People most likely to have or develop sleep apnea include those who snore loudly and also are overweight, or have high blood pressure, or have some physical abnormality in the nose, throat, or other parts of the upper airway. Sleep apnea seems to run in some families, suggesting a possible genetic basis.

HOW WILL I KNOW IF MY PATIENT HAS OSA?
The only definite way to diagnose is to spend a night in a sleep laboratory to have a polysomnogram. The Chong Hua Hospital Center for Sleep Disorders is the first and only complete sleep laboratory outside Manila. During the sleep study, 16 recordings (including Electroencephalogram, EKG, Electromyogram, electrooculogram, sleep position, pulse oximetry, airflow measurements by oronasal thermistor and nasal pressure transducer, thoracic and abdominal efforts, real time video recording, snoriing sensors and limb movement monitor) will be analyzed to make a definitive diagnosis and initiate treatment. Diagnosis of sleep apnea is not simple because there can be many different reasons for disturbed sleep.

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WHAT IS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA(OSA)?
Loud snoring which is interrupted by respiratory arrest (apnea) of more than 10 secs in duration is obstructive sleep apnea. This is usually accompanied by a reduction in blood oxygen saturation followed by a microawakening to breath. In severe cases, hundreds of breathing pauses can occur every night.
In obstructive apnea, the throat closes during inhalation due to excessive relaxation of the pharynx muscles and the floor of the mouth, accompanied by increased tissue pressure from outside. This prevents air from entering the lungs, and the patient is threatened with suffocation.

IS OSA DANGEROUS? WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS?
OSA has been ociated with an increased mortality ratio of 3.33. Sleep apnea has been ociated with an up to 23-fold increased risk of heart attack. A number of studies have now documented sleep apnea in over two-thirds of male stroke victims. In the las JNC-7 Guidelines of hypertension, OSA was the most common etiology for secondary hypertension. In fact, in some series, almost half of subjects with hypertension demonstrated sleep apnea. In many patients, treating sleep apnea can bring blood pressure readings under control: often with less medication.

In some cases, OSA may be fatal. In many instances, the idea that someone died peacefully during sleep clearly must have amounted to wishful thinking, since instead, the deceased was probably fighting violently for breath up to the very end.

The most frequent symptom of sleep apnea is tiredness during the day. The continual lack of quality sleep can affect one’s life in many ways including depression, irritability, loss of memory, lack of energy, sexual dysfunction, a high risk of auto and workplace accidents, and many other problems.

Other common complications of sleep apnea include heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, and increased levels of fasting blood glucose, insulin, and glycosylated hemoglobin, independent of body weight.

IS OSA COMMON?
Yes, extremely common! Sleep apneaoccurs in all age groups and both sexes but is more common in men. Four percent of middle-aged men and 2 percent of middle0aged women have sleep apnea.

WHO GETS OSA?
People most likely to have or develop sleep apnea include those who snore loudly and also are overweight, or have high blood pressure, or have some physical abnormality in the nose, throat, or other parts of the upper airway. Sleep apnea seems to run in some families, suggesting a possible genetic basis.

HOW WILL I KNOW IF MY PATIENT HAS OSA?
The only definite way to diagnose is to spend a night in a sleep laboratory to have a polysomnogram. The Chong Hua Hospital Center for Sleep Disorders is the first and only complete sleep laboratory outside Manila. During the sleep study, 16 recordings (including Electroencephalogram, EKG, Electromyogram, electrooculogram, sleep position, pulse oximetry, airflow measurements by oronasal thermistor and nasal pressure transducer, thoracic and abdominal efforts, real time video recording, snoriing sensors and limb movement monitor) will be analyzed to make a definitive diagnosis and initiate treatment. Diagnosis of sleep apnea is not simple because there can be many different reasons for disturbed sleep.

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