Sleep Apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common and serious sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing during sleep. The airway repeatedly becomes blocked, limiting the amount of air that reaches your lungs. When this happens, you may snore loudly or make choking noises as you try to breathe. Your brain and body become oxygen deprived and you may wake up. This may happen a few times a night, or in more severe cases, several hundred times a night.

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Symptoms:

• Loud or frequent snoring

• Silent pauses in breathing

• Choking or gasping sounds

• Daytime sleepiness or fatigue

• Unrefreshing sleep

• Insomnia

• Morning headaches

• Nocturia (waking during the night to go to the bathroom)

• Difficulty concentrating

• Memory loss

• Decreased sexual desire

• Irritability