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Management

weight loss
CPAP is first line for moderate or severe cases
intra-oral devices (e.g. mandibular advancement) may be used if CPAP is not tolerated or for patients with mild cases where there is no daytime sleepiness

Diagnostic tests

sleep studies - ranging from monitoring of pulse oximetry at night to full
polysomnography where a wide variety of physiological factors are measured
including EEG, respiratory airflow, thoraco-abdominal movement, snoring and
pulse oximetry

Sleep apnea causes

obesity
macroglossia: acromegaly, hypothyroidism, amyloidosis
large tonsils
Marfan's syndrome

Sleep apnea

is a sleep disorder in which pauses in breathin or periods of shallow in breathin during sleep occur more than 10 seconds at least and more than 10 times per hour  during sleep

 

Sleep apnea Consequence

daytime somnolence/sleepiness
hypertension

Advise

follow up with pulmonalogist doctor for diagnoses and treatment
يمكنك تحميل تطبيق جواب لمتابعة استفسارك مباشرة مع الخبير ، كما يمكنك التواصل مع خبراء مختصين في أكثر من 16 مجال. بالإضافة إلى مواضيع أخرى يومية من خلال الضغط على هذا الرابط