sleep apnea ( symptoms and treatments )

sleep apnea:-

Someone with sleep apnea stops breathing while sleeping. You can have obstructive apnea, meaning that something blocks your airway. Central apnea means you ‘forget’ to breathe when you’re asleep. I have a combination of both types. You don’t start breathing again until you wake up a little. During my sleep study I had almost 200 apnea incidents in 7 hours. In my husbands study, his longest apnea episode was 90 seconds.

So, even though I don’t remember it, I was waking up 200 times a night. I was not getting a normal night’s sleep. I was not getting enough sleep. And, for way too much time, every night, my brain was being starved of oxygen.

Apnea also puts a lot of strain on your heart. Since mine is already weak and small, this additional stress is unacceptable.

Yes, it takes a little while to get used to the mask, but there are lots of styles to try. I know I have to wear mine, so I just don’t think about it.

The mask may not look sexy, but neither is snoring. I was already wearing the mask when I met my now husband. I would sometimes not wear it (vanity), but he told me that if I didn’t wear it, he felt obligated to sit up all night to make sure I was breathing.

Sleep Apnea symptoms:-

Sleep Apnea is a sleeping disorder.There are 3 types sleep apnea :-

•Obstructive sleep apnea

•Central sleep apnea

•mixed sleep apnea

The symptoms sleep apnea are listed below:-

•Waking up with a very sore or dry throat

Loud snoring

•Occasionally waking up with a choking or gasping sensation

•Sleepiness or lack of energy during the day

•Sleepiness while driving

•Morning headaches

•Restless sleep

•Forgetfulness, mood changes, and a decreased interest in sex

•Recurrent awakenings or insomnia

How is the primary central sleep apnea treated naturally?

As far as I know, there is only one “natural” cure for PCSA. It goes by the name “death.” The “Primary Central” part means that there is something wrong with the parts of the brain that control breathing.

The most common treatment is a “Bi-Level Continuous Positive Air Pressure”Device (usually abbreviated “Bi-PAP”). This is a “smart CPAP” that senses inhalation and exhalation, and provides two different pressures. The “smart” part means that if breathing pauses, it applies pressure at the rate it most recently recorded. This “ventilation” function breathes for the user when necessary. These units usually have an additional “Life Alert ‘tm’)function that after a certain time span of ventilation, calls a designated number with an automated message that the person is in respiratory arrest.

All other treatments I have heard of are much more invasive, up to and including implantation of an electrode in the brain, with a “pacemaker” that kickstarts the breathing function. None of the treatments are remotely described as “Natural.”

If you have this condition, you should be under the care of a Sleep Specialist and probably a neurologist as well. If you aren’t, expect to wake up dead some morning.