Of all the snoring associated physical disorders, perhaps the most serious and paradoxically least comprehended is a condition called Sleep Apnea. These 2 words need to be emblazoned in the minds of every snorer, and anybody who copes with or appreciates the security and well being of a snorer.
The word apnea in the term sleep apnea originates from the Greek term for lack of breathing. That, in a nutshell, provides a sense of how harmful sleep apnea can be; it actually describes a condition where breathing stops throughout sleep.
There are 2 kinds of sleep apnea:
1) Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) – This most typical kind of apnea takes place when throat muscles unwind.
2) Central Sleep Apnea – This type of apnea happens when the brain stops working to send out correct signals to the muscles that manage breathing.
Sleep apnea and snoring are straight connected since throughout snoring the respiratory tract of the trachea is continuously subjected to recurring collapse and blockage; in reality, it is that collapse and blockage that causes the vibration that, eventually, manifests itself as audible snoring. Obstructive Sleep Apnea hence happens when, due to that constant collapse of the air passage, breathing really stops.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea happens 2 to 3 times as typically in older male grownups, it can impact old or young, male or female. Even kids can have sleep apnea, an issue more typical than when believed.
Specific elements can put you more at danger of getting sleep apnea:
Weight problems & excess weight (resulting in a bigger neck and excess soft tissue in the trachea).
When adenoids or tonsils are too big), bigger adenoids and/or tonsils (air passage can end up being obstructed.
Sex and age (older guys are most likely to struggle with sleep apnea than ladies are).
Consuming alcohol (sedates the throat muscles and triggers them to collapse).
Smoking (which irritates the upper respiratory tract).
While death is certainly possible due to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (and subsequent absence of breathing), there are lots of really major impacts that, while not deadly, are most definitely extreme.
Even when it is not deadly, Sleep apnea denies the body of necessary oxygen; and for this reason, general blood oxygen levels are decreased and simultaneously, co2 levels increase. This can cause hazardous accumulation that can trigger heart brain, stroke, and illness damage.