Many people in america that have sleep apnea and they don’t even know about it. eighteen million americans have sleep apnea. 1 Sleep Apnea is a sleeping disorder were you repeatedly stop breathing and start again. Chronic snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea and should be evaluated by a health professional. Symptoms of sleep apnea can include disturbed sleep, …show more content…
When the muscles relax, your airway narrows or closes as you breathe in, and you can't get an adequate breath in. This may lower the level of oxygen. Your doctor will check your mouth, nose and throat for extra or large tissues. 3 Children who have sleep apnea might have enlarged tonsils. Doctors may need only a physical exam and medical history to diagnose sleep apnea in children. Adults who have sleep apnea may have an enlarged uvula or soft palate. The uvula is the tissue that hangs from the middle of the back of your mouth. The soft palate is the roof of your mouth in the back of your throat. How it is diagnosed and what happens now lets see how to treat …show more content…
5 There are three types of sleep apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed. The most common one though obstructive. Out of all the three they can all be disruptive and bad.People are having rough times sleeping because they can’t breath. 5 In a evening you can stop breathing 100 times or more for as long as a minute long. the bad thing is is that the person who is sleeping is very unaware of the occurrences. The rate of sleep apnea death has tripled through the the past 18 years. Six Based on the results from participants' first studies show that Young found that 63 people had severe sleep apnea which was 4%, 20 percent had mild or moderate sleep apnea, and 76 percent had no sleep apnea. nine-teen percent of participants with severe sleep apnea had died compared with about four percent of participants with no sleep apnea. If we don’t start taking action on this now then when are we going to more and more people are dieing from this