Sleep Apnea – a silent killer!

Sleep apnea is quite a silent killer. It induces you with long periods of breathlessness, and as a result, you find yourself barely sleeping throughout the night and as humans, we all know how much sleep is important. We usually don’t go out on weekends before evening because we cover up a week’s sleep depravity on weekends. Even throughout the week, low levels of sleep usually keep our concentration levels low and our mood quite irritable. Imagine then, what would be the condition of those people who suffer from a condition that doesn’t allow them to sleep throughout the night even for a couple of hours?

A patient suffering from this condition can feel traumatized throughout the day on account of irritation and mood swings. He/she feels sleepy throughout the day and might even sleep at the drop of a hat. This particular characteristic makes them dangerous drivers during the day as they can risk several lives if they sleep at an instant.

This condition has a couple of effective treatments that include the use of oral appliances as well as medication. Oral appliances are prescribed by a majority of doctors owing to their high success rate. Bipap Machine is an oral device that comes in the form of masks to be worn over the nasal area. Cpap, which stands for continuous positive airway pressure, works on a similar principle as well. They induce air pressure that clears the block in the airway, which is the cause of sleep apnea in the first place. Once the blockage is cleared, air can comfortably reach the lungs and thereby transfer oxygen to the brain as well.