could someone please tell me about sleep disorder [apnoea]  ? sorry not sure of the spelling.?
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Sleep apnea occurs when you regularly stop breathing for 10 seconds or longer during sleep. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the number of times in an hour that your breathing stops (apnea) or becomes very slow (hypopnea). Apnea episodes may occur from 5 to 50 times an hour.
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my husband does snore and it seems to have gotten worse over the last year. I had him go to the Dr. for a physical and  the Dr. referred him to a sleep lab where they do whats called a sleep study. Turns out my husband has sleep apnea( this is where he actually stops breathing many times a night) scarey huh? He is going back to the sleep lab in May for another study this time they will be using a special type of breathing mask to see if it helps keep the airway from collapsing while he sleeps.
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Sleep Net Analysis\n\nIn today’s world, most people don’t get enough sleep, but then some people do. Then there are some people aren’t as lucky because they have a sleep disorder.  There are two sleep disorders that Americans suffer from on opposite ends of the spectrum.  These are insomnia, having difficulty falling asleep, and narcolepsy, having difficulty staying awake.\nInsomnia is a disorder where one has problems with either falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early.  Since the average human being needs anywhere from seven to nine hours of sleep a night to function at full potential, this can be a dangerous disorder.  Insomnia comes in three different types: Transient insomnia, Short-term insomnia, and Chronic Insomnia.  The first two types, Transient and Short-term usually last a lot shorter than chronic insomnia, and they can be contributed to either excessive stress, noise around you, temperature changes, jet lag, or medical side effects.  On the other hand, Chronic Insomnia lasts for sever months and is usually caused because of more prominent issues such as physical or mental disorders, depression, or sleep apnea.  Also if one smokes or drinks just before bed time, it could help induce this type of insomnia.\nSo how do you treat insomnia?  For the first two types of insomnia, Transient and Short-term, one could be lucky and skip out on treatment since it only lasts for a brief period of time.  What ever you do, one important thing to remember is to never use over-the-counter sleep medicines to treat this.  If you have Chronic Insomnia, this is more serious. First you should check underlying medical or psychological problems; then identify the problem or behaviors that cause you to have insomnia; then consider possible use of sleeping.  If you want to go for a less expensive approach, simple relaxation therapy, sleep restriction, reconditioning, and bright light methods would work.  Relaxation therapy is self explanatory, one just needs to reduce the amount of anxiety and tension in the body so that one’s muscles can relax and one can sleep.  Sleep restriction is when one spends too much time just lying in bed but not getting to sleep.  To solve this one should just restrict the amount of time they sleep to a few hours a night.  Reconditioning is when one conditions his or her body to not use the bed for anything but sleeping, thus teaching the body to associate bed with sleep.  The last one, bright light, is when one wakes up early to get as much bright light in the morning as possible.  That way you can set your internal clock to sleep at night, and awake during the day.\nAnother sleep disorder on the opposite spectrum than insomnia is narcolepsy.  Narcolepsy is when one gets sleepy all the time and experiences an irresistible need to sleep.  Some of the symptoms are excessive sleepiness, brief periods of muscle control loss, vivid dream images, and sometimes, unable to walk or talk for short periods.  All narcolepsy is when there is a sudden REM cycle in the waking state.  Usually one will start noticing it between the ages of 15 and 30, and he or she is experiencing some of the symptoms listed above.  The most important symptom is excessive sleepiness which attacks an individual throughout the day.  They can last anywhere from a couple of seconds to 30 minutes and can happen at any time, whether it be eating, talking, or driving.   To treat this, one should seek behavioral or medical therapy.  There are stimulant drugs that could be used and sometimes antidepressants help if you have cataplexy (sudden muscle weakness).  Never the less, the important method of keeping this disorder out would be a healthy life style involving good diet, exercise, and a good sleep schedule.\nAround the world there are organizations that provide information about sleeping and sleep disorders.  One of these organizations is the Association of Polysomnographic Technologists.  The APT aims to help improve the qualit
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There are more than 70 different sleep disorders that are generally classified into one of three categories: \n\nlack of sleep (e.g., insomnia),\n\ndisturbed sleep (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea), and\n\nexcessive sleep (e.g., narcolepsy. \n1. Improve your "sleep hygiene", as in, avoid caffeine, do not exercise late, make a regular routine.\n2. Treat sleep apnea if you have it.\n3.Treat narcolepsy, if you have it.\n4. Treat "restless leg syndrome" if you have it.\n5.Set a schedule. Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, even on the weekends. \n6.Exercise daily, but not at night before you go to sleep. \nAvoid caffeine, cigarettes, and alcohol, all of which deprive a person of sleep or particular stages of the sleep cycle. \n7.Try to come up with some sort of relaxing bedtime ritual that you do every night before you go to bed, whether it is taking a hot bath or reading a book. \n8.Try to wake up to the sun and expose yourself to the early sunshine, not necessarily by going outside, but by opening curtains or shades and letting the sun come into your home. The sun helps trigger and reset your biological clock, the part of your brain that tells you when you are sleepy and when it is time to wake up. \n9.Make sure that the room where you sleep is not too hot or too cold. \nhttp://www.neurologychannel.com/sleepdisorders/treatment.shtml
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nightsoflondon....these people are just telling her so she can see a doctor about it. There is nothing normal about gasping for air during your sleep and it very well could be sleep apnea. They are not saying definately and she doesn't have to listen to them either, but you make it out to sound like its definately not sleep apnea. It is a very deadly disease of which two good friends of mine suffer. It can kill you and the loss of oxygen to your brain during these episodes can do permanent damage. Sure, she could have nothing, or something else, but yes sleep apnea would be an educated guess---notice I say EDUCATED GUESS...you just sounded so angry in your post like all of us who said sleep apnea were dumb a$$ idiots....
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Is it severe snoring or just a little bit of snoring? If it is severe snoring with bouts of time when you simply stop breathing for a few seconds, that is called sleep apnea and it is very dangerous and you need to see a doctor ASAP. They will set you up with a sleep study to determine how severe it is and possibly hook you up with a CPAP machine which is a device that you wear either over you mouth or nose or both that forces air into you airway. My husband has one and he used to literally sound like a freight train. You could hear him all over the house. Now he doesn't snore AT ALL!!!
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Sleep Apnea is the most dangerous cause of this problem.  It can lead to lung and heart problems (hypertension and heart attacks).  Also, car accidents while dozing off at the wheel.  It is diagnosed with a 2 part sleep study.  The first to prove it occurs.  The second to prove that a CPAP machine reverses it.  Very expensive but worth it.  Sometimes weight reduction; sleeping on your side; or nasal/tonsil surgery can help.  Most often it is due to being overweight.
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snoring is a sign of sleep apnia, if it is real bad then get it checked out with a sleep study
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The best solution for yourself would be to consult with your physician and possibly request that u have a sleep study done, hyponea can lead to various other conditions if left untreated, depending upon your insurance status, more that likely this will be covered , even tho this is a rather expensive diagnostic tool it will determine if hyponea exists and the best treatment for u , treatments may include overnight oxygen therapy or the uses of a positive airway pressure machine.
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hi........you are describing what me and certain members of my family have had happen many, many times. you are just getting ready to drift off to sleep but you are very much still aware of your surroundings. all of a sudden you feel like you can;t move your body and your breathing feels funny. most of the time we all get the feeling someone or something is in the room with us and it sets such a fear inside you but you can't move or speak. often i try to shake myself awake, but i feel paralyzed. i heard this is a real disorder called sleep paralysis. wow......it seems funny seeing you ask about this. for a long time i thought only my family had this.
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Sleep apnea is the stoppage of breathing while sleeping. Breathing usually resumes, but not before oxygen levels in the blood drop to unhealthy lows. Untreated, it can cause daytime drowsiness, difficulty arising in the morning even when you have had plenty of sleep, headaches; severe cases can cause a heart attack or death. \n\nIt is caused by the soft tissues in the back of the mouth relaxing in sleep to the point where they seal off the airway. It is usually accompanied by snoring, sometimes explosively loud snoring.\n\nThere are a number of treatments, but there is no one "best" one--some work for some people and do not work for others.\n\nIf the apnea sufferer is overweight, the first thing to do is try to lose weight gradually through diet and exercise. When you gain weight, the soft tissues get thicker and tend to seal up easier and when you lose weight they reduce and tend to be more likely to remain open.\n\nDecongestants may help temporarily shrink these soft tissues, but repeated use of decongestants can reduce their effectiveness, as a tolerance is built up. Also, they have side effects.\n\nOther treatments for apnea include a machine such as the CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) that pumps a steady stream of air through your nostrils to keep the airways open. It can take a little getting used to one of these before you can sleep with the apparatus on your face, but it is very effective.\n\nSurgery can remove parts of your soft palate (the back of the roof of the mouth) and in some patients this reduces or eliminates apnea, but results of the surgery are mixed, and while some people don't miss the tissue removed, others find it very uncomfortable and regret having the surgery.\n\nI encourage you to get as much information as possible on the different treatments so that you can decide which is best for you. The following link takes you to "sleep apnea" search results on Google, there are a number of good links there:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22sleep+apnea%22
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Loose throat most likely refers to sleep apnea. (In Britain, "apnea" is spelled "apnoea".)\n\nTake a look at the following website to see if its symptoms match up to what you're thinking of:\n\nhttp://www.sleepapnea.org/info/index.html
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He should get an appointment with a sleep specialist. Snoring can be a symptom of a serious condition called sleep apnea. If untreated it can damage his heart or even kill him!\n\nSleep apnea is easily treated with the use of a night-breathing aid called a CPAP machine. This COMPLETELY eliminates snoring, and the user typically starts feeling more energetic and alert within a night or two of use.\n\nSnoring is not just an inconvenience - please urge him to make an appointment to be tested right away.\n\nI hate it when people urge violence towards snorers, even as a joke. The snorer CANNOT control the snoring without help. This is not something people do voluntarily, hoping to make their bed partners miserable! If you wouldn't attack someone for having diabetes or some other serious disease, don't attack them for having sleep apnea. The better approach is to solve the problem, not blame the sick person.
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www.talkaboutsleep.com/parasomnias \n\nwww.webmd.com/content/article/105/107673.htm \n\nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasomnia \n\nwww.sleepandhealth.com/Sleep_Disorders_Parasomnias.htm \n\ngood luck!
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Go to a sleep disorder clinic. You will have to sleep there while hooked up to monitors. By doing this you can be properly diagnosed. It sounds like you have sleep apnea but, without proper diagnosis, who knows. If you have sleep apnea, they have a machine that you have at home that keeps an air supply going in to your lungs. This machine works very well. Sleep apnea occurs more often with a person with too much weight. Since you are not overweight it is all the more important to get a proper diagnosis. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE SLEEPING PILLS! That could be fatal.          Best of Luck!
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First, snoring can be an indicator of a more serious medical problem. Although snoring may be harmless for most people, it can be a symptom of a life threatening sleep disorder called sleep apnea, especially if it is accompanied by severe daytime sleepiness. Sleep apnea is characterized by pauses in breathing that prevent air from flowing into or out of a sleeping person's airways. People with sleep apnea awaken frequently during the night gasping for breath. The breathing pauses reduce blood oxygen levels, can strain the heart and cardiovascular system, and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Snoring on a frequent or regular basis has been directly associated with hypertension. Obesity and a large neck can contribute to sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can be treated; men and women who snore loudly, especially if pauses in the snoring are noted, should consult a physician."\nhttp://web1.tch.harvard.edu/chnews/01-2004/sleep/myths.html\n\nHowever, for simple snoring, one quick and easy fix is to change sleeping position. Most snoring occurs when lying on the back, so have your spouse sleep on his or her side.
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http://www.snoringcure.ca/ check this website out, it gives info on sleep apnea and different devices that can be used. \n\nI would also suggest seeing your doctor. Snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea or other underlying medical conditions.\n\nI had to have my sinus passages widened because I had a terrible snoring problem, they also found a polyp which was blocking my nasal passage. \n\nGood luck to you:) I hope this helps