Sleep Apnea Treatment

Sleep apnea comes from the greek word "apnea" which literally means "without breath". There are 3 different types of sleep apnea. The 3 types of sleep apnea are obstructive, central, and mixed, of the 3 obstructive is the most common. What is sleep apnea? People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the course of the evening often for a minute or longer.

In the case of obstructive sleep apnea a blockage of the airway is usually caused when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and closes during sleep. With central sleep apnea the brain fails to signal the muscles to breath . Mixed sleep apnea is as the name implies a combination of the two. With each sleep apnea event, the brain briefly arouses people with sleep apnea in order to start them breathing once again. Unfortunately people with sleep apnea have extremely fragmented and overall poor quality sleep

There are 4 basic approachs to sleep apnea treatment. The first approach to sleep apnea treatment is to change the environment that may be causing the problem such as weight loss, avoidence of alcohol and sedative drugs, try sleeping only on your side, stop smoking, and if nasal breathing is a problem, improve it. The second approach is to use continuous positive airway pressure. The third approach would be to use a dental stint to keep your tongue in place, for those whose tongue falls to the back of their throat. The fourth sleep apnea treatment is to undergo surgery to enlarge the upper airways

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