it can lead to loud snoring, daytime fatigue, or more serious issues like heart disease or high blood pressure.
Sleep apnea itself is not thought to be fatal.
However, research has found that people who have the condition are twice as likely as those who do not to die suddenly in a given time period--especially if it is not treated.
Because of its association with serious conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
1. Obstructive sleep apnea. This is the most common type. It results when your airways repeatedly get completely or partially blocked as you sleep .
2. Central sleep apnea. With this type, your airway doesn't get blocked. Instead, your brain fails to tell your muscles to breathe because of issues in your respiratory control center. It's related to the function of your central nervous system. This type most often affects people with neuromuscular disease such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease), those who've had a stroke, or those who have heart failure or other forms of heart, kidney, or lung disease.
3. Complex sleep apnea syndrome. With this condition, you have a combination of obstructive and central sleep apnea. When you have the obstructive type but it turns into the central type after you get treatment, that's called treatment-emergent central sleep apnea.
Do you think you may be suffering from sleep apnea? or Do you have a history of sleep apnea?
Consider taking the Epworth Sleep Apnea Self-Test to find out,
Click the link below and visit our website to get the test, This tool can be used to help determine if OSA is a problem for a patient.
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