
Sleep Apnea Risks
Sleep is really important for all human beings to wash out all the stress and tiredness of the day. Anything that interrupts your sleep may lead to serious health issues, and in some cases, it can even cost you your life.
One of the main interruptions in sleep is snoring. There are many health risks associated with snoring. At times, snoring can even become life threatening, because for many people, snoring may be a symptom of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), which is a serious sleep disorder. Furthermore, there is medical evidence that OSA increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke and that can cause premature death. So your life can be in great danger if you left your snoring or sleep apnea untreated.
Below are a few things to note that would allow you to have a peaceful night’s sleep.
- Pets – It is often seen that people who are obsessed with their pets keep them in their bedroom. This is not good for your health, especially while sleeping, as their constant movement and noises can lead to an incomplete or interrupted sleep. Because of this, people may experience fatigue, headaches, and sleepiness the next day. So always try to keep your pets away from your bedroom, because if they stay nearby your room, you can hear their clawing and growling sounds that could interrupt your sleep.
- Quantity – It is always the quality that matters, and not the quantity. There is a serious misconception that sleeping more can help you but don’t you forget that too much of anything is not good. Just as lack of sleep may trouble you, oversleeping can cause serious health problems too. Besides, both oversleep and under sleep may make you feel stupefied and weak throughout the day and will not let you concentrate on your routine activities.
- Quality – You may have noticed that you feel weak even though you had a long sleep. This is because of the interruptions during the sleep. Ideally, it takes an hour to fall in deep and restful sleep after you go back to sleep after an interruption; but if you got interrupted before getting there, your cycle will break and will start all over again. This will cause zero hours of deep sleep and will lead to headaches, fatigue, drowsiness, mood issues, cognitive dysfunction and poor memory.
Apart from keeping an eye on the above points, you should also try a medically approved snoring aid to counter snoring and sleep apnea issues. There are many snoring aids available in the market, but the best solution for the condition is using an anti snoring mouthpiece. As the device holds your jaw frontward and opens the airway to allow uninterrupted breathing, you will no longer be troubled with sleepless nights.
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