Could you have sleep apnoea?
If you wake every morning not feeling rested than you could be a candidate of sleep apnoea. Sleep apnoea is when the muscles in the neck behind the tongue relax and constrict the air passages.
The first signs are snoring when there is only partial collapse but when the collapse is complete it is apnoea. This is where you stop breathing, completely starving the brain of oxygen. Luckily the body senses the danger and you wake up slightly, start breathing again and go back to sleep.
Sleep apnoea can be caused by a number of things, one being overweight especially if you have a large neck. For women anything over 16 inches is bad because the extra fat will squeeze the throat from the outside. It can also be caused by a set back jaw or enlarged tonsils.
There are simple things that you can do, for example lose a bit of weight, don’t drink alcohol after 6pm, keep the nose passages clear or sleep on your side or slightly propped up. If the problem is serious then you will need to see a physician or doctor and see if you need to have a nasal continuous positive airway pressure machine. This machine delivers a continuous flow of air through the nose via a mask which keeps the throat open.
The first signs are snoring when there is only partial collapse but when the collapse is complete it is apnoea. This is where you stop breathing, completely starving the brain of oxygen. Luckily the body senses the danger and you wake up slightly, start breathing again and go back to sleep.
Sleep apnoea can be caused by a number of things, one being overweight especially if you have a large neck. For women anything over 16 inches is bad because the extra fat will squeeze the throat from the outside. It can also be caused by a set back jaw or enlarged tonsils.
There are simple things that you can do, for example lose a bit of weight, don’t drink alcohol after 6pm, keep the nose passages clear or sleep on your side or slightly propped up. If the problem is serious then you will need to see a physician or doctor and see if you need to have a nasal continuous positive airway pressure machine. This machine delivers a continuous flow of air through the nose via a mask which keeps the throat open.
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