Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

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Introduction

Health is wealth is a common phrase used by many. An active man can struggle more to earn and hence can earn more while an unhealthy man due to his poor health conditions cannot put in more effort and hard work to earn a suitable amount and so lack a good earning life. In today's fast moving world there is an absolute need to avoid any health disease. In the former times there was not much tension to bear. There hardly was any competition in business and the market was cheap and affordable. Even the common man could live a peaceful life with no financial problems. In precise words there were not many diseases in the former time as compared to today. Interest in sleep apnea has increased in recent years because of studies that have been conducted and show that it is a very common disease, which untreated may be associated with severe cardiovascular disorders. Access to more reliable diagnostic methods and effective treatments, helping to advance research and evaluation of the diagnosis and treatment by different specialists. Neurologists, ENT specialists and bronchopulmonary, among others are increasingly involved in the management of sleep apnea.

Obstructive sleep apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disease characterized by the presence of snoring, recurrent upper respiratory tract spadeniem at the termination of the pharynx and pulmonary ventilation (see figure), decrease in blood oxygen levels, coarse fragmentation of sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep apnea is characterized by repeated episodes of obstruction of the upper airway during sleep (Englehardt, 1999). Usually associated with decreased oxygen saturation in the blood. Another form of apnea, called central apnea, less frequent and may have cardiovascular and neurological complications. Obstructive sleep apnea is the absence of nasal and oral airflow despite respiratory effort. This is mainly due to displacement of the tongue back and the collapse of the pharyngeal walls. The swelling of the tongue as in obesity, tonsils and / or adenoids are determining factors in the genesis of obstruction.

Causes

Causes of OSA is the same as that of snoring. The only difference is in degree. If you snore airway walls vibrate only when passing a stream of air, when the disease they periodically fall off completely, stopping the air flow to the lungs. When the person stops breathing, oxygen carried in the blood decreases, which can be much higher in obese patients. Falling oxygen in the blood, the person wakes. As this is very short, not perceived by the individual who will have a very sleepy during the day, the product of this ongoing awakening.

Obstructive sleep apnea, snoring is associated with, extremely common symptom, and in times past was a source of jokes and stoic tolerance. We now know that snoring is a cause of deterioration in relationships, and if you coupled with apnea may be the cause of poor school performance and work, poor social relationships and ...