Recently while I was checking out some videos on YouTube, I found a cool video of a TV talk show …informative yet entertaining. Just a short post to point you to it:

Sleep Apnea Gets Air Time

Because Sleep Apnea and Snoring are such under-diagnosed problems, and the average person may think it’s just “Loud Snoring”, it is great to see the press and TV giving it much needed air time..no pun intended…

It’s also refreshing to see many of the alternative treatments being presented in a quick easy to understand format..great job from the folks at iVillage Live.com.

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So you snore, now what? Once you’ve decided that your snoring is a problem or possibly an indicator of a larger problem… what do you do?

The answer is a sleep study. A sleep study is a lab test like many other tests that requires a referral prescription to a facility licensed to perform sleep studies. Your family physician or myself can refer you for a study.

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Does your partner’s rumbling snore keep you awake at night? Do you hear them stop breathing or gasp for air in their sleep? What you may think is just an irritating sleep habit may in fact be a serious medical condition called Sleep Apnea.

Sleep Apnea:
Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure, other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency, and headaches. Untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, sleep apnea can be diagnosed and treated.

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As the youngest of 76 million boomers are now move through their 40s, men especially over 40 are more likely to have sleep disorders than women.

About 37 percent of American adults ages 30-69 have at least mild OSA. In a sleep apnea cycle, breathing stops, blood oxygen levels drop, and the person wakes briefly gasping for breath. This continues hundreds of times throughout the night. Apnea is classified as a complete cessation of breathing. Each episode of sleep apnea lasts a minimum of 10 seconds

What causes this high prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in baby boomers? It’s not just because they are ‘boomers’; rather, it is due to the continued changes of growing older. Changes in airway anatomy occur with age. The soft palate gets longer, the pharyngeal fat pads increase in size, and the shape of bony structures around the pharyngeal airway change. All of these contribute to the increased prevalence of sleep apnea in baby boomers.

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