lion when in deep sleep. Little did I know that when I snore I am not breathing. In the next paragraphs‚ I will talk about sleep apnea‚ describe it an list symptoms‚ discuss how common it is‚ and discuss treatments. Who knew snoring can be so complicated. First‚ sleep apnea is a disorder of breathing during sleep. Typically it is accompanied by loud snoring. Apnea during sleep consist of brief periods throughout the night in which breathing stops. People with sleep apnea do not get
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Sleep Apnea By: Matthew George Com/156 What if you were cutting years from your life away and what’s worse is happening while you sleep? Do you find yourself feeling fatigued over the daytime and people closest to you complain about your loud snoring at night? You could be like most Americans and have an undiagnosed sleeping disorder known as Sleep Apnea. “Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. You may have sleep apnea if you
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2012 Importance of Sleep The Importance of sleep is resting your body and your brain for hours. If people don’t get enough sleep then they will be in bad moods and will not be able to concentrate on others or even on their work at their job. You will not have the patients to deal with situations in everyday life or even in your work place like you would if you had a full night of sleep. Everyone needs sleep. Everyone’s body is different when it comes to the amount of sleep that you need to function
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Nothing feels worse than hearing your alarm clock ring in the morning when your body is screaming for a few extra hours of rest. Given the opportunity‚ who wouldn’t get more sleep? If I had a choice between a year of unlimited Easter candy and a year of unlimited sleep‚ I’d say “Bye-bye Cadbury” and “Hello‚ bed!” Take a look inside a high school classroom. You will most likely find a teacher at the front of the class and students sitting at their desks. Yet‚ look closer‚ and you might notice a familiar
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Health Topic: Sleep Video #1: “Kids and Sleep Apnea” URL- http://www.webmd.com/video/kids-and-sleep-apnea Alyssa Mitzkat‚ a six years old girl‚ suffered Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal episodes of blocked breathing during sleep. Each pause in breathing‚ called an apnea‚ can last from a few seconds to minutes‚ and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. As the video shows‚ Cindy‚ Alyssa’s mother‚ noticed that her daughter was having a
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“Understanding Sleep Problems” More then half of American’s experience a sleep problem at some time in their life. Weather it is stress-induced insomnia‚ poor sleep hygiene‚ or a poor environment. The most common form of sleeping problem would be insomnia. Insomnia is the inability of a person to fall asleep‚ stay asleep‚ or fall back asleep upon waking. People that have insomnia often complain about impairments of attention‚ memory‚ ability to work and function. Insomnia can also affect one’s
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and for the following six years‚ the time I spent asleep threatened to overwhelm my few remaining waking hours. My sleeping problem peaked in my last year of high school though‚ when nothing in my personal arsenal was enough to combat 18-20 hours of sleep every day. Friends stopped asking me to go out‚ my grades collapsed‚ and I felt as though disappointment stared down at me from all directions. Every achievement I had worked for fell obsolete as people questioned whether I could even graduate from
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The Effects of Going Without Sleep Remember back when Mom used to set bedtimes and we pretended to fall asleep? Well‚ many of us probably regret not taking advantage of that time. Today‚ many Americans lack sleep and time always seems to be the first to blame. Many say that there is not enough time in their schedule for sleep when in reality other factors are to blame such as: friends and family‚ school‚ work‚ and social events. Although there are several factors that
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getting enough sleep every once in a while is common. Simple changes can often remedy the problem and get you back on track within one night or a few days. When you are consistently not getting enough sleep and changes in diet‚ sleep habits‚ and your lifestyle are not helping‚ you may be suffering from a sleep disorder. It is important to be able to know when a disorder might be present and when disrupted sleep requires further examination and diagnosis from a doctor. An undetected sleep disorder can
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rushing to get to school on time. Going to school so early makes student miss out on a good breakfast. If students got more sleep‚ they would have a good breakfast‚ would have time to review their studies‚ and they would even be less depressed. Just changing the school time by 45 minutes would make a huge difference and solve many problems. The National Sleep Foundation (How Much Sleep Do We Really Need?”) says‚ “ The amount of time it takes for a student to be “fully” awake is 45 minutes after fully getting
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