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Understanding Sleep Apnea and its Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Sleep apnea is an illness that can cause disturbance in your sleep pattern and force stop your breathing while you are asleep. During this condition, your brain will try to wake you up and have proper breathing which means irregularities in your sleep, which can lead to complication for your health. You might ignore or overlook this condition considering it to be quite common but you just can't get rid of it without proper medication or treatment. This condition is easy to manage especially when proper treatments are provided. What happens when sleep apnea occurs? The lack of oxygen invokes a reflex that wakes you up so that you can resume your breathing. While that reflex helps you stay alive, it will also disturb your sleep cycle. This will put stress on your heart that can cause potentially severe consequences. Excessive daytime sleepiness: The fragmented sleep caused by sleep apnea will make you feel excessively tired throughout the day influencing your ability to perform...