Contact KOZIE to schedule your Home Sleep Study / CPAP at 501-456-9431.
Sleep Apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects millions of people. Untreated Sleep Apnea increases your risk for all-cause mortality, stroke, hypertension, heart-failure, diabetes, and car accidents. Effects include daytime sleepiness, snoring, witnessed pauses in breathing, etc.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
As the name suggests, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined by an obstructed airway, caused when your throat muscles intermittently relax and block your airway. Because waking up is necessary to end an episode of apnea or hypopnea, a person with OSA wakes up again and again throughout sleep.
Can You Believe It?
In most cases, a person with OSA is unaware of these repeated awakenings, because they occur below the level of consciousness.
Symptoms
Many individuals do not understand the extent of the impact it has on quality of life, productivity, and other aspects. After beginning PAP therapy, the improvement in the individual's life is tangible.
Snoring
There is a misconception that snoring is normal. Snoring is an indication of the airway narrowing during sleep, and as such, a warning sign of OSA.
Daytime Sleepiness
Many patients are dismissive of symptoms of sleepiness. It is accepted as the norm. OSA is a serious chronic disease just like hypertension and heart disease, and it needs to be managed.
Excessive Fatigue
For many people who have been living with the condition for an extended period of time, fatigue has become their baseline.
Witnessed Apneas
Witnessed apneas are frequently described as a pause in snoring (snore, snore, pause, snore), an audible gasp, or a "hitch" in breathing.
Irritable mood, medication resistant hypertension, morning headaches, loss of libido, insomnia, body aches, general malaise, urinary problems, erectile dysfunction.
Contact KOZIE to schedule your Home Sleep Study / CPAP at 501-456-9431.
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