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What Are The Types, Symptoms And Risks Of Sleep Apnea?

by Rohan Sinha Author
Do you suffer from breathing pauses that disturbs the rhythm of your natural sleep? If your answer is in positive, you might be suffering from sleep apnea. Though often overlooked, this might become a serious problem if left untreated. As a result of this, you end up spending more time in light sleep and less time in restorative sleep that you need to be productive and energetic the next day when you wake up. You can go through the manual sleep scoring solution to overcome such problems. However, if you don’t pay proper attention, it may lead to serious health issues such as stroke, diabetes, heart disease etc.

Types of sleep apnea

There are three types of sleep apnea and they are:

  1. Obstructive- this is one of the most common types and occurs due the blockage in the airway. It causes you to snore loudly.
  2. Central- this type of sleep apnea occurs when the central nervous system fails to send signal to the muscles that control your breathing. People with this type of problem seldom snore.
  3. Complex- this type is a combination of both central and obstructive sleep apnea.

The symptoms

  • Frequent and loud snoring
  • Breathing pauses
  • Choking while sleeping
  • Morning headaches and excessive daytime sleepiness
  • Insomnia and waking up with a sore throat or dry mouth
  • Trouble in concentrating
  • Frequent need to urinate at night
  • Learning or memory problems
  • Irritability, depression or moodiness

Risk factors

If you think that sleep apnea affects only over weight and older people, you’re wrong. It can affect anyone, regardless of the gender, age, body type etc. You can opt for a manual sleep scoring solution from a reputable clinic to solve the problem. However, the risk factor increases with the following traits:

  • If you’re an adult with a BMI of 25 or more, you’re at risk.
  • A large neck size with more fatty tissue that can block the airway.
  • Smokers, males and older people are at greater risk.
  • People with high blood pressure or a family history of sleep apnea.

Thus, this post must have helped you understand what sleep apnea actually is and how it can affect your body. But the good thing is that manual sleep scoring service is available which you can go through and also visit the doctors from a reputable clinic that offer sleep cure solutions. Opt for a clinic that offers a comprehensive range of sleep study scoring services.

Author Bio

We’re done with this post on the types, symptoms and risk factors of sleep apnea. Keep reading our forthcoming articles to know more about sleep apnea, manual sleep scoring solutions etc.

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