Do you snore when you sleep? Ask your sleeping partner and they’ll likely tell you. If you don’t have a sleeping partner, answer these questions. Has anyone ever heard you snoring through locked doors? Has anyone ever seen you gasping for breath during sleep? Do you feel tired and sleepy during the day? Have you ever found yourself falling asleep while driving or talking to people? If your answer to any or all of these questions is yes, it could mean that you are suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea or OSA, as it is commonly called.
The word ‘apnea’ is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as a “Temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep.” OSA is a condition in which people stop breathing during sleep from time to time. It could happen a couple of times or a few hundred times in one night. A lot of people don’t even know they have OSA. It is serious. And yes, believe it or not, if you are a man, you are at a higher risk of suffering from OSA than if you are a man.
A healthcare survey was conducted by Philips and here are some disturbing numbers. Disturbed sleep can affect your professional life and 58% of people agree with that. 72% of Indians wake up multiple times at night. 33% of them snore while sleeping and don’t think there is anything abnormal about it. 11% of people fall asleep at work because they don’t get good sleep at night. However, only 2% of the surveyed people consult their physicians about their snoring.
There are sleep studies that can help diagnose whether or not you have OSA. There are in-lab sleep studies and home sleep study. Sleep studies are usually prescribed by a physician. You will be monitored while you are asleep. The test will involve you being hooked up to many different kinds of machines which will measure the electrical activity in your brain.
Not everyone who snores has OSA and not everyone who has OSA, snores. It is essential that you find out if you have OSA or another kind of disorder. Not to put too fine a point on it, it could prove to be fatal. If you have OSA, it is critical that you get diagnosed and can get treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. The benefits of getting tested for OSA also include having the result of your sleep test assessed by a sleep specialist, who is qualified to read the test results accurately. Then come the diagnosis and the treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. . Unless you get yourself tested, your physician will not be able to recommend ways to deal with your condition, as is true for any medical condition.
For all of this to happen, you first need to find out if it is likely that you have sleep apnea. All you have to do is answer a set of questions and if your answer to any five of those is yes, you should get yourself checked for sleep apnea.
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