Age Matters: Family members can be first to notice symptoms of sleep apnea.
By Dr. Michael Camardi Special to The Roanoke Times | Posted 2 weeks ago Dear Dr. Camardi, When I came to you three years ago, I was sure the reason I was so tired all day was that I had sleep apnea. But, no, you figured out that the reason I wanted to sleep all the time was that my husband’s snoring was keeping me up and that he may have had the sleep apnea! When his doctor sent him to sleep specialists, the test showed he actually stopped breathing almost 300 times in one night. I have to …
Do you have sinus problems?
By Dr. DONALD JOHNSON/Northwest Treatment Center for Snoring & Sleep Apnea | Posted 1 week ago You’ve gone to your primary care doctor and you’ve been prescribed multiple courses of antibiotics which stopped working. You’ve gone to an ear nose, & throat surgeon and you’ve been prescribed more antibiotics, allergy meds, and decongestants which also stopped working. You’ve even had a CAT scan of your sinuses which came back normal. Your symptoms can be interpreted as chronic sinusitis, but why was the CAT scan normal? Currently, recommendations for chronic sinusitis that antibiotics don’t help is to consider sinus surgery. But …
Don’t Let Sleep Apnea Take Your Breath Away.
Published on May 25, 2016 There are some moments in life that take your breath away, but if those moments are happening while you’re asleep, it might be time to see a sleep expert, according to a sleep specialist at Baylor College of Medicine. “Sleep apnea is caused by a narrowing or complete collapse of the upper airway that occurs in some people while they are sleeping, and this can affect one’s ability to get oxygen to the body, making the body work harder to breathe,” says Fidaa Shaib, MD, associate professor of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at …
Unlocking the Potential of Combination Therapy.
Published on May 16, 2016 Sleep medicine providers are using oral appliances along with positional therapy to treat a subset of patients. By Cassandra Perez For patients who refuse or fail CPAP, several alternative therapies may be considered. And recently, some providers are treating appropriate candidates with several alternative therapies used simultaneously to achieve better outcomes. The use of positional therapy, a behavioral strategy to prevent patients from sleeping in the supine position when they have a positional component to their obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), along with oral appliance therapy (OAT) is a growing trend among sleep medicine providers and …
Young Children With Persistent Snoring May Face Learning Difficulties- Study.
May 18, 2016 | by: Diego Rondon A young child’s low grades or test scores could be an outcome of his poor sleep quality, indicates a new study. Sleep apnea, induced by persistent snoring, may affect young children’s attention, memory and language development, suggests the study. Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with this condition have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep. Snoring is one of the most common sleep apnea symptoms, which occurs in children due to enlarged tonsils or …
Sleep apnea can be worse for women, study finds.
BY HERB WEISBAUM | THURSDAY, MAY 12TH 2016 We know that sleep apnea – stopping your breathing frequently during the night – is linked with serious health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and depression. Dr. John Swartzberg, head of the editorial board at the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, wants you to know that both men and women can have this condition. “Don’t think sleep apnea is just a man’s problem because men tend to snore more,” he said. “Snoring is a warning sign, but you can have sleep apnea without snoring or very little snoring.” A recent study …
How to Stop Snoring.
Some simple steps, including mouth exercises, might help By Consumer Reports May 03, 2016 Snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea, a serious disorder that multiplies your risk of high blood pressure and possibly type 2 diabetes. So if you snore badly—or your bedmate says you do—your first step should be to talk with a doctor, who might refer you to a sleep clinic to rule out that health problem and, if you have it, treat it. But many snorers don’t have sleep apnea. What to do then? A few simple steps might help you stop snoring: Shed those extra …
53% sleep apnea patients also have diabetes and hypertension: Study.
Summary: Mumbai: A study on the eve of World Sleep Day, has revealed that more than 53% of Sleep Apnea suspects are already suffering from either Diabetes or High BP. Around 84% admitted to people getting troubled because of their heavy snoring.It is estimated that India has around 30-35 million sleep apnea patients. “As per experts, the prevalence of sleep apnea in such patients’ account for 40-48%,” said Udit Goyal, business head- home healthcare, Philips Healthcare India. “India is a host to diabetic and blood pressure patients, due to the given lifestyle and this only increases the chances of patients …
More Couples Aren’t Sleeping Together, But Lost Love Isn’t Always Why.
Notes from Dr. Norman Blumenstock: Why not treat your snoring and obstructive sleep apnea and sleep together instead? More people are saying they prefer sleeping alone than with their partner, but that doesn’t always mean the relationship is in trouble. By Ben Lawson | February 5, 2016 More and more couples are starting to sleep separately. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re unhappy. A survey from the Better Sleep Council found 26 percent of respondents said they sleep better alone than they do with a partner. A housing developer even told Newsy’s partners at WFTX that more homes have two master bedrooms. “About 15-20 percent of …
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with impaired exercise capacity, poor aerobic fitness.
By: Devon Andre | Sleep | Friday, February 05, 2016 – 12:00 PM Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with impaired exercise capacity and poor aerobic fitness. The findings come from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, where researchers found that patients with sleep apnea intrinsically burn more oxygen during physical activity, compared to those who do not have the sleep disorder. Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder, where a person stops breathing numerous times throughout the night. Because of this, individuals with sleep apnea tend to have lower peak oxygen uptake during physical activity, compared …
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