1. If your snoring causes you
to wake up with a loud
snort or gasp several
times during the night,
you may have a form of
sleep apnea, a serious
condition that can cause
breathing to stop.

2. Is Your Snoring
a Symptom of
Sleep Apnea?

3. If your snoring causes
you to wake up with a
loud snort or gasp
several times during the
night, you may have a
form of sleep apnea, a
serious condition that
can cause breathing to
stop.

4. To be diagnosed with this condition, the
patient must have five episodes per
hour of sleep in which he or she must
stop breathing for at least 10 seconds
per event.

5. There are two types of sleep apnea
Obstructive variety
Caused by the muscles
and tissues of the
throat and air
passageway becoming
relaxed while sleeping,
blocking airflow into
the lungs.

6. Continuous
Stop breathing
throughout the night, but
instead of the condition
being caused by a
blocked air passage, it is
caused by the brain
temporarily not sending
signals to the muscles
that control breathing.

7. Left untreated, this
condition can lead to high
blood pressure, heart
attack, stroke, depression,
chronic fatigue and
diabetes.

8. Following a sleep test, if you
are diagnosed with
obstructive sleep apnea,
more than likely you will be
treated with Continuous
Positive Airway Pressure
(CPAP) which requires you to
wear a nasal mask while
asleep.

9. Sleep apnea is nothing
to dismiss and it is
important that you talk
to your
otolaryngologist to
determine the best
treatment for you.

10. If your snoring causes you
to wake up with a loud
snort or gasp several
times during the night,
you may have a form of
sleep apnea, a serious
condition that can cause
breathing to stop.