Sleep apnea

Tuesday 13 December 2022 07:10 PM Beirut Time · 169

Anna maria hallak

A good laugh and a long sleep are the best two cures for everything.

Do you get bothered when your alarm rings in the morning? Or do you feel happy when you it’s off tomorrow? That’s simply because you love to sleep. And who even doesn’t like to sleep? But today I’m going to tell you about another phase of sleeping, and it’s called sleep apnea. So what is sleep apnea, what are the main causes for it and how to treat it:

First, what is sleep apnea?

Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea.

Okay, but how can you know if you have sleep apnea disorder?

There are some signs that tells you may have this disorder, which are:

- Excessive daytime sleepiness

- Loud snoring

- Observed episodes of stopped breathing during sleep

- Abrupt awakenings accompanied by gasping or chocking

- Awakening with a dry mouth or a sore throat

- Morning headache

- Difficulty concentrating during the day

After knowing about what is sleeping apnea and what are it’s signs, let’s discuss now about it’s main causes:

- excess weight, obesity greatly increases the risk of sleep apnea

- Being male, as males have more risk than females to get sleep apnea

- Being older

- Smoking, because it also causes a problems in breathing

- Use of alcohol

And now after knowing also about it main causes, you can easily take precautions by:

- stop smoking or drinking alcohol

- Adjust your lifestyle

- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)

- Positional therapy

And other ways also to treat this disorder.

Sleeping is a grace that God gave to us in order to have rest in nighttime, so try to avoid all what stop you from sleeping, and utilize your nights with a good sleeping time.

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