A 3 week old baby has been daignosed with sleep apnea and stops breathing more than 60 time in an hour. She went for surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids to cure her sleep apnea. Her 3 older siblings also suffered from sleep apnea and had the same treatment.
Sleep apnea in babies is very serious and can have in impact on physical development as well as metal developement.
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What is sleep apnia?
Apnia is when someone stops breathing, so sleep apnia is when someone stops breathing while they sleep. You can only imagine this to be a dangerous situation for someone especially for babies as it could be a cause for SIDS (Suddent infant death syndrom).
Someone with sleep apnia is potentially suffocating themselves as they are not getting enough oxygen into their lungs. This is usually cuased by their throat collapsing while they sleep and thus blocking their airway. As they struggle to get more air they give out a loud snort.
Anyone with sleep apnia see their doctor as there could be a number of causes. If untreated, sleep apnia could lead to other health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke.
Someone with sleep apnia is potentially suffocating themselves as they are not getting enough oxygen into their lungs. This is usually cuased by their throat collapsing while they sleep and thus blocking their airway. As they struggle to get more air they give out a loud snort.
Anyone with sleep apnia see their doctor as there could be a number of causes. If untreated, sleep apnia could lead to other health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke.
Sleep apnia cures
I recently saw a TV program about sleep apnia cures. The fascination thing about it is that a lot of people don't know that they have sleep apnia. People with sleep apnia usually feel very tired and this is because they do not get a good nights sleep.
This makes me thing of this one guy who I used to see on the train and he was always sleeping on the train. I often saw people looking at him, some with disapproval and some witha little giggle because of his loud snoring. Everyone in the carriage could hear him, worst of all, he would sit in the middle of the carriage.
People are probaby thinking 'Can't this guy go to sleep earlier'. He look like a pc gamer and probably plays till the wee hours f the morning. In my opinion he looks like someone who could have sleep apnia. The reason I say this is because through his snoring you get this period of silence, then he gives off a loud grunt (which gets everyone looking) as he gasps for air. Then he goes back to snoring and the cycle repeats.
If this guy realises the condition he has, there are many sleep apnia cures which will help him to live a better life.
This makes me thing of this one guy who I used to see on the train and he was always sleeping on the train. I often saw people looking at him, some with disapproval and some witha little giggle because of his loud snoring. Everyone in the carriage could hear him, worst of all, he would sit in the middle of the carriage.
People are probaby thinking 'Can't this guy go to sleep earlier'. He look like a pc gamer and probably plays till the wee hours f the morning. In my opinion he looks like someone who could have sleep apnia. The reason I say this is because through his snoring you get this period of silence, then he gives off a loud grunt (which gets everyone looking) as he gasps for air. Then he goes back to snoring and the cycle repeats.
If this guy realises the condition he has, there are many sleep apnia cures which will help him to live a better life.
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