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Diagnosis Of Sleep Apnea
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Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that is one of the hardest to diagnose. No doctor could easily and accurately tell if you are suffering from one with just one consultation or even a series of blood tests. Sleep apnea symptoms appear when you are asleep so the best way to know if you have one is to ask your bed partner or roommate about the noise you make when you are asleep and the presence of any period when breathing seems to pause or stop for a while.
Aside from that, most doctors also run several other forms of diagnosis to support your suspicion and the testimony of your bed partner or roommate. The primary care doctor would evaluate symptoms before going further. There are three diagnostic measures to take after: an analysis of family and medical history, physical examination, and sleep studies.
Be prepared when the doctor starts asking you about your own as well as your familyÂs medical history. It would be best if you would be as honest as you could. It would help if you would start keeping a sleep diary even for just a week or two. In the diary, list the number of hours of sleep you get every night and how sleepy you get at different times of the day. One of the symptoms of sleep apnea is sleepiness during daytime due to lack of sleep (induced by sleep apnea). Your roommate or bed partner would also be asked about how loud and how often you gasp or snore during sleep. It would be better if you would tell him of any sleep apnea record of any of your family. The disorder is hereditary.
The next option or step to diagnosis of sleep apnea is physical examination. Your nose, mouth, and throat would ne checked and analyzed for any presence of large or extra tissues. The doctor would also check out the bone structure in your head and neck as it could affect airway passage. Physical exam along with a rundown of family history could be enough to diagnose presence of sleep apnea in children.
As for adults, there could be enlargement of the soft palate or uvula. Soft palate is the roof-like structure at the back of your throat. The uvula is a small tissue that hangs conveniently from the back of your mouthÂs middle section. In some cases, enlarged tonsils are checked out.
Finally, sleep study is so far the most accurate diagnostic test for sleep apnea detection. It could capture your breathing pattern as you sleep. Needless to say, it is conducted as you sleep within a sleep lab or a sleep center. You may be asked to stay overnight in the hospitalÂs sleep lab for observation. A polysomnogram is at type of specific sleep study for sleep apnea detection. It is able to record brain activity, heart rate and breathing pattern, eye movement, muscle activity, blood oxygen level, and air passage to the lungs as you sleep.
Do not worry because polysomnogram is usually painless. You would be induced to sleep, though there would be sensors attached to your face, limbs, fingers, chest, and scalp. This sleep apnea test is done within a sleep study in a hospital sleeping lab overnight.
It could reveal any presence of the disorder, the type, and even severity of the condition.
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Disturbed by Sleep Aid Side Effects
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524
Summary:
There are countless of people around the world who has a sleeping problem. This article tackles other medications for treating sleep disorders. This article also mentions popular sleeping pills which reportedly have been demonstrating extremely odd side effects.
Keywords:
sleep aid side effects
Article Body:
There are millions of people around the world who struggle with sleeping problems, but fortunately, there are many treatments available. But before popping on those pills, one must think that treatment for sleeping problems really depends on the specific issue that needs to be resolved. For example, if a person is simply trying to reduce how much he or she snores, using specially designed pillows and breathing strips may just do the trick. If a person is not getting enough sleep, there are both natural sleep aids and sleep medications that can help induce sleep. However, there are more medications readily available for all those people who constantly battle with sleepless nights.
Sleep disorders such as insomnia can be naturally relieved with herbal teas, infusions, and baths. Professional herbalists do not prescribe herbs simply to treat symptoms such as insomnia. They do so in order to correct the imbalances within the body that cause those symptoms. Sedative herbs such as hops and valerian are very popular sleep aids used to relax the nervous system so that one can enjoy natural, restorative sleep. Each herb contains a variety of active constituents and has a main action and several subsidiary actions which determine the conditions for which it is most appropriate. Recent increased interest in the areas of complementary and alternative medicine shows it is virtually risk free and has a wide range of treatment options worth exploring.
Over-the-counter or OTC drugs are one of the common sleep aid treatments that a lot of drugstores offer in a wide range of choices. But people are more likely to consider the possibility of drug interactions and the high risk of sleep aid side effects each time they think of using OTC or prescription drugs.
Just recently, a report from the New York Times stated that two popular sleeping aids have been demonstrating extremely odd side effects. The reports said that there were some users of the most widely prescribed drugs in the market today which started complaining online and to their doctors about unusual reactions ranging from fairly benign sleepwalking episodes to hallucinations, violent outbursts, nocturnal binge eating, and the most troubling of all, driving while asleep.
Sleep medicines may cause a special type of memory loss or Âamnesia. When this occurs, a person may not remember what has happened for several hours after taking the medicine. But it is always safe to talk to a doctor if a person is experiencing memory problems because of the sleeping pills.
The recent reports of strange and dangerous sleep aid side effects associated with leading conventional sleep medications have awakened Americans to the risks of prescription and OTC drugs. Drugmakers are now revising the labels on the two popular sleep aids to warn that these sleeping pills might result in unusual and destructive behavior.
There are many unconventional options available to try in conjunction with or in place of conventional OTC or prescription drugs. Acupuncture, reflexology, chiropractic, relaxation, meditation, homeopathic and herbal medicines are just a few to choose from and one can be sure that there are no unusual sleep aid side effects that will happen to them.
Disturbed by Sleep Aid Side Effects
Word Count:
524
Summary:
There are countless of people around the world who has a sleeping problem. This article tackles other medications for treating sleep disorders. This article also mentions popular sleeping pills which reportedly have been demonstrating extremely odd side effects.
Keywords:
sleep aid side effects
Article Body:
There are millions of people around the world who struggle with sleeping problems, but fortunately, there are many treatments available. But before popping on those pills, one must think that treatment for sleeping problems really depends on the specific issue that needs to be resolved. For example, if a person is simply trying to reduce how much he or she snores, using specially designed pillows and breathing strips may just do the trick. If a person is not getting enough sleep, there are both natural sleep aids and sleep medications that can help induce sleep. However, there are more medications readily available for all those people who constantly battle with sleepless nights.
Sleep disorders such as insomnia can be naturally relieved with herbal teas, infusions, and baths. Professional herbalists do not prescribe herbs simply to treat symptoms such as insomnia. They do so in order to correct the imbalances within the body that cause those symptoms. Sedative herbs such as hops and valerian are very popular sleep aids used to relax the nervous system so that one can enjoy natural, restorative sleep. Each herb contains a variety of active constituents and has a main action and several subsidiary actions which determine the conditions for which it is most appropriate. Recent increased interest in the areas of complementary and alternative medicine shows it is virtually risk free and has a wide range of treatment options worth exploring.
Over-the-counter or OTC drugs are one of the common sleep aid treatments that a lot of drugstores offer in a wide range of choices. But people are more likely to consider the possibility of drug interactions and the high risk of sleep aid side effects each time they think of using OTC or prescription drugs.
Just recently, a report from the New York Times stated that two popular sleeping aids have been demonstrating extremely odd side effects. The reports said that there were some users of the most widely prescribed drugs in the market today which started complaining online and to their doctors about unusual reactions ranging from fairly benign sleepwalking episodes to hallucinations, violent outbursts, nocturnal binge eating, and the most troubling of all, driving while asleep.
Sleep medicines may cause a special type of memory loss or Âamnesia. When this occurs, a person may not remember what has happened for several hours after taking the medicine. But it is always safe to talk to a doctor if a person is experiencing memory problems because of the sleeping pills.
The recent reports of strange and dangerous sleep aid side effects associated with leading conventional sleep medications have awakened Americans to the risks of prescription and OTC drugs. Drugmakers are now revising the labels on the two popular sleep aids to warn that these sleeping pills might result in unusual and destructive behavior.
There are many unconventional options available to try in conjunction with or in place of conventional OTC or prescription drugs. Acupuncture, reflexology, chiropractic, relaxation, meditation, homeopathic and herbal medicines are just a few to choose from and one can be sure that there are no unusual sleep aid side effects that will happen to them.
