Your body can react to problems with sleep apnea in several negative ways. This issue with your nightly breathing takes away your ability to complete your rest cycles, so you go without the benefits you should enjoy from a full night’s sleep. This can make it harder to manage your physical and emotional health, reduce your energy levels, and interfere with your focus and mood. Another issue is that when your body responds to a loss of oxygen during the night, your blood pressure can rise. This repeated issue can make it difficult for you to avoid issues with hypertension, or high blood pressure. By talking to your Livonia/Detroit, MI dentist about your sleep apnea concerns, you can stop this and other matters from further impacting your health and quality of life.
Your Snoring Troubles Could Have More Consequences Than You Realize
If you have problems with nightly snoring, it can be a warning about a larger issue with sleep apnea. Your snoring sounds can occur when soft tissues in your throat partially cover your breathing passages. Sustained interference with your breathing leads to sounds of labored and noisy breathing. It also leads to a physical response that takes your body out of rest to make sure your airways are cleared. This breaks your rest cycle; when interruptions occur throughout the night, you do not see the kind of physical and mental benefits of a full night’s sleep. That interference with your breathing can also raise your blood pressure, which leads to new physical health risks.
Sleep Apnea And Hypertension
Hypertension can be partly caused by sleep apnea, and it can prove harder to manage if this condition is not dealt with properly. When you stop breathing at night, your body can increase your heart rate in response to a lack of oxygen. Because your disorder causes you to lose air repeatedly, this spike in your blood pressure occurs repeatedly, which can lead to a gradual and unwelcome change in your blood pressure. Hypertension makes you more vulnerable to heart disease, and makes a person already at risk for problems more likely to have a serious health incident.
How Your Dentist Can Help You Manage Your Nightly Breathing Difficulties
At our practice, we can recommend different solutions to help those who are dealing with sleep apnea. One way we can help is by recommending oral appliance therapy. As an alternative to a CPAP machine, this makes it easier for you to maintain your steady breathing during the night by adjusting your jaw to keep your airways clear.
Talk To Your Livonia/Detroit, MI Dentist About Sleep Apnea Treatment
By effectively treating sleep apnea, you can protect yourself against a condition that can cause hypertension and other problems! If you would like to learn more, contact your Livonia/Detroit, MI, dentist, Dr. Stewart, by calling (734) 425-4400.
