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Oral Surgery Can Help Resolve Sleep Apnea
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung October 25th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea.
Sleep apnea has been known to originate from blocked passages in people and addressing them in the best way that anyone can will surely be a good way to whittle down the possibilities of blocked airways that deprives people of sleeping.
The airways are important once people are sleeping and through some procedures governing the areas of throat and mouth, a cure may be in sight for people who want to address the whole sleep apnea issue.
“Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, is a well-established treatment for sleep apnea,” said lead study author Akram Khan, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Florida Jacksonville, “and while most patients tolerate it well, some are unable to tolerate it or don’t want to, and those patients need alternative means of treatment.”
Read more: Oral Surgery Can Eliminate Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Some Patients
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Using Infrared to Diagnose Sleep Apnea
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung October 19th, 2007 in How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Cures.
Sleep apnea, something that has been a bane for most people can only be fully studied and diagnosed using the standard procedure of measuring nasal pressure through sensors placed in the nose. This is entirely uncomfortable and people just have to bear with it to gain the necessary treatment of the said sleep problem.
Today, the use of remote-controlled infrared diagnostic tests provides an alternative and convenient way of diagnosing sleep apnea among sleep deprived patients.
“Polysomnography is a diagnostic test, which establishes the presence or absence of sleep disorders. But standard methods have the potential to significantly disturb a patient’s sleep pattern, so what we see in the lab may not be a true representation of the patient’s sleep habits,” said lead study author Jayasimha Murthy, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX. “However, remote infrared imaging is a noncontact method, so there is minimal interference with the patient. In fact, this system can be designed to where the patient isn’t even aware that monitoring is taking place.”
Read more: Infrared imaging for sleep apnea diagnosis shows promise
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Revolutionalizing the Sleep Apnea Cases
0 Comments Published by Brian Yalung October 8th, 2007 in Health Issues, SLEEP Gadgets, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Snoring.
While some people are hopelessly praying and taking various medications to fight off the sleep apnea bug, there are people who have taken the whole issue to another level. While some are wary of the side effects and the after-effect of undergoing surgery to address this issue, ongoing works being done in institutes such as Aspire Medical in Milwaukee.
Most implants would require general anesthesia to help the procedure push through. But with this new device, it can be carried out using local anesthesia.
Read more: Experiment could revolutionize sleep apnea treatment
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Sleep Apnea May be in the Tonsils
1 Comment Published by Brian Yalung September 21st, 2007 in Health Issues, How to sleep better, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Snoring.
Sleep apnea problems are often seen as a problem in adults. However, even the kids today suffer from unsuspecting sleep apnea issues. It is indeed something that may not be thought of but hearing or seeing your child breathing abnormally may lead a person to think that there is really something wrong with the child.
Tonsils would normally be identified as a culprit towards being an obstruction towards air passage in most people today. While it may be surprising to note on most kids today, the reality is that sleep apnea does not choose or have preference on which it victimizes. This includes kids who seem to be normal but have issues once they go to bed and rest.
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How Often Do Sleep Disorders Strike?
1 Comment Published by Brian Yalung September 19th, 2007 in Health Issues, Insomnia, SLEEP News, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Disorders, Sleep Issues.
We all hear about the growing concern for sleep-related disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea. To some it is not yet a big deal considering they have not bouts with it yet. But sleep disorders are not constrained towards these two popular sleeping disorders. It can also be categorized into the following:
- Sleep Eating
- Sleep Paralysis
- Sexsomnia
- Pseudoinsomnia
Source: Five disorders that make sleep scary
A lot of these said sleep disorders may be new to people who are unfamiliar with the problems of sleep. Thus it would be best to read more on them in this article which provides a deeper explanation and understanding of what to look out for when people have to deal with these various sleep disorders.
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