Snoring is the sound that comes out when the disturbance in the air flow passes through the back and nose mouth. When a person is asleep in sleep, the muscles in the air passage narrow. The tongue back into the airways and vibrates with a soft palate and any children as the teeth pull and exhale. He also had to work harder to breathe the air through the intake of air passing through each breath and there was a snoring condition.
Snoring alias snoring is a common disorder. This is usually very disturbing, in people who already have a partner. Snoring is very common in society, which plays 40 percent of men and 25 percent of women. Snoring usually comes hoarse, hissing, snorting as you breathe during sleep.
Older people are most vulnerable to snoring. All one-third of people aged 55 - 84 years experience snoring disorders. Snoring or snoring disorder is approximately 40 percent of men and 25 percent of women.
Snoring should not be underestimated. Sleep disorder which in medical terms is called sleep apnea that occurs due to narrowing of the respiratory tract. Under certain conditions, this disorder can result in death.
The lack of oxygen supply makes all the organs of the body, including the heart and brain, to work hard to carry out its functions. That is why, snoring in the long run can lead to various dangerous diseases such as hypertension, stroke, and heart. Fluctuating oxygen levels can damage the cell layers in the blood vessels.
Here are 8 health risks associated with sleep apnea:
High blood pressure
Various studies have proven that sleep apnea is one of the main causes of hypertension. Increased blood pressure is directly related to the severity of sleep apnea. The more severe the degree of sleep apnea, the more weight is also the increase in blood pressure. Increased blood pressure can also be experienced by children who suffer from sleep apnea.
Heart disease
Unheated sleep apnea is one of the risk factors for heart disease. Heart disease was the leading cause of death in the United States in 2005. Sleep apnea increases the risk of irregular heartbeat, coronary heart disease, heart attack and congestive heart disease. A study in 2006 revealed in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology states that sleep apnea even affects the shape of a person's heart. The heart of sleep apnea sufferers swell and thickens the wall on one side, and decreases the ability to pump.
Stroke
Sleep apnea increases a person's risk for stroke (number 3 cause of death in America in 2005.) Increased blood viscosity in sleep apnea sufferers is a major cause of increased risk of stroke.
Brain damage
Research in the journal Sleep in 2008 provides images of brain imaging that prove permanent damage to the brain of sleep apnea sufferers. Damage occurs in the part of the brain that controls memory, emotions and blood pressure.
Depression
Research shows that depression is common in people with sleep apnea. Even mild sleep apnea alone increases the risk of depression. Increased risk of depression will increase along with an increase in the degree of severity of stopping breath.
Diabetes
Sleep apnea will disrupt metabolism until the body does not tolerate glucose and is also resistant to insulin. Type 2 diabetes, also one of the leading causes of death, occurs when the body can not effectively utilize insulin. Various studies have also shown that sleep apnea is the cause of diabetes.
Obesity
Obesity, in the Caucasian (European) race becomes the main risk of sleep apnea. But not so in the Asian race that has a narrow jaw structure and a short neck. The problem is, sleep apnea will increase a person's weight. Metabolic disorders due to the interrupted sleep causes changes in the hormones that control appetite. Sleepiness caused also cause the sufferer to be lazy to exercise.
Mortality / Death
Two studies in the journal Sleep in 2008 showed that people with sleep apnea have a higher risk of death than those who do not snore. The risk will increase as the degree of severity of breath is stopped. Especially if sleep apnea is left alone!
Sleep apnea can be treated. Even the success rate is very high. Various studies have proven that the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) will reduce a person's risk of suffering from the aforementioned hazards.
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