Do you often feel tired during the day or does your significant other complain about your chronic snoring? These two issues could be related and also an indicator of a sleep disorder. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can lead to difficulty resting and a myriad of other health complications. To diagnose the disorder, we may perform… Read more »
Category: Sleep Apnea
What Are My OSA Treatment Options?
Patients with sleep apnea tend to feel exhausted and their chronic snoring can also make rest difficult for their partners. Treating sleep apnea can help prevent the risk of complications, such as depression, high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack. What are your OSA treatment options?
Could Your Partner Be Struggling with Sleep Apnea?
Loud snoring can be incredibly annoying, particularly for those living with a snorer. Unfortunately, it can also be a warning sign of a medical condition that can threaten a person’s wellbeing and overall health. Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when a person’s airway becomes blocked as he or she sleeps, often causing a person to gasp… Read more »
Do You Require A Sleep Assessment?
Obstructive sleep apnea, also referred to as OSA, can leave your deprived of sleep and exhausted. From there, you can feel tired during the day, moody, or even develop complications with your overall health. If you think you need treatment for a sleep disorder, we can perform a diagnosis. Do you need a sleep assessment?
Do You Need A CPAP Or Oral Appliance?
Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious disorder, one that if untreated can elevate the risk of high blood pressure, depression, heart attack, and even stroke. Fortunately, we can diagnose and then recommend treatment for your sleep issues. We have multiple treatment options available, which will best suit your needs, a CPAP or an oral appliance?
The Link Between Snoring And Sleep Apnea
Do you often snore, loudly and almost every night? Do common sleep aids or nose strips fail to address the issue? Oftentimes, snoring can be linked to a serious disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA. In order to control your snore issues, you need to treat the disorder behind them.
Would An Oral Appliance Benefit You?
We’ve covered oral appliance therapy before, so you’re probably familiar with it by now. However, familiarity with the treatment and knowing how it can benefit you are two totally different things. More and more people who suffer from sleep apnea are leaning towards this treatment method, as opposed to using a CPAP (continuous positive air… Read more »
How Does Sleep Apnea Affect Your Heart?
By now, you’ve probably heard that sleep apnea can cause other health complications. What you may not understand is, this sleep disorder can, in fact, dangerously affect your heart. Whether you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or central, you experience breathing cessations throughout your sleep cycle, causing your body to go without oxygen for sporadic… Read more »
Are You At Risk For Sleep Apnea?
When most people think of the sleep disorder, sleep apnea, there are typically two things that come to mind; age and weight. And, while these are undoubtedly two major risk factors, you don’t have to be over-the-hill or overweight to suffer from the disorder. In fact, there are a variety of other health conditions and… Read more »
A Comparison Of Sleep Apnea Treatments
Suffering from a sleep disorder can feel like an uphill battle, especially when it’s often misdiagnosed. The symptoms you experience while awake can point to several other medical conditions including fatigue or depression. The most obvious symptoms often occur throughout the sleep cycle, making it difficult for patients to be aware of their happenings. However,… Read more »
