Sleep apnea

2011-06-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

The most important thing you should do is go see your Doctor for professional investigation as anything that affects your breathing is a life threatening condition.
After been a sufferer of sleep apnea for a number of years with out even knowing it existed.
I decided to put my experience into a blog .
My first encounter with this sleep apnea was waking up during the night trying to catch my breathe and it was a terrifying experience.
Could not get any air for what seemed like ages and then by drinking some water even though I could not swallow cleared the obstruction and I was was able to draw a bit of air back in .
My throat was killing me after this episode and made it difficult to go back to sleep for fear of reprisals .

Sleep apnea symptoms
The problem with sleep apnea is that you dont get a good nights sleep as the body is monitoring your breathing and will wake you if your breathing gets bad and this happens to you a few times during the night so you never get into a deep resting sleep.
If you can identify with this happening to you don't neglect it .
Some other conditions with this are constant tiredness, depression, short temper, Anxiety attacks,hyper tension.
There are basically 3 forms of sleep apnea you have central Csa, Obstructive Osa or a mixture two of the above.

Central Csa is when breathing stops like it sounds you just stop breathing.

Obstructive sleep apnea - this is when the muscles of the throat relax causing a blockage which can restrict breathing during sleeping.

Sometimes you can have a mixture of the two above symptoms with snoring as an indicator.

Sleep apnea treatment- Sleeping on your side or in a elevated position of 30 degrees will help, also avoid alcohol and loose weight is a major contributor to this condition.

Sleep apnea cpap
Cpap this stands for continous positive airway pressure the purpose of this device is to split the airway with air to prevent it from narrowing or closing.
When the airway closes off that is called apnea.
This device tends to come in to sections that clip together one you fill with distilled water to a ceratin level .This helps prevent dryness while you sleep.
They also come with a memory card to monitor your sleep for further analysis by your doctor.
Sleep apnea machine
Snoring
Sleep apnea surgery

So here are my tips for improving this condition.
Chronic acid reflux and sleep apnea goes hand in hand so get this checked when you see your physician.

Top tips to help Sleep Apnea

1 .Lose weight
2. Don't eat at least 3 hours before going to bed.
3. Avoid sleeping on your back .
4. sleep on your side or in a elevated position.

Sleep-apnea

Sleep apnea