Boyfriend with sleep apnea. i am worried.?
my boyfriend told me that he thinks he may have sleep apnea. he snores so incredibly horribly and always has. he literally sounds like a dying animal or bear. sometimes i have caught him stop breathing for like 10 to 15 seconds, maybe more. i have actually woken him up in a panic a couple times because the amount of time he stopped breathing worried me. anyways ive been sleeping with him for about 2 and a half years and just recently his snoring seems to be getting progressively worse. he does not have insurance so cannot afford to go to the doctor or get a sleep test done. is there anything we can get for him (that doesnt involve seeing a doctor at this point in time) to help the snoring go away and his breathing get better? anybody ever use those retainers? if so, how did they work for you/significant other? anything else?? any suggestions would be great. i literally cannot sleep with him at all anymore, he keeps me up and wakes me up and honestly worries me.
YES I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
an ex of mine and my dad both have had it. My Dad has it so severly he’s had surgery for it and sleeps with a machine! He needs to see a doctor.
There are three types of apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed; of the three, obstructive is the most common. Despite the difference in the root cause of each type, in all three, people with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the night and often for a minute or longer.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses and closes during sleep. In central sleep apnea, the airway is not blocked but the brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe. Mixed apnea, as the name implies, is a combination of the two. With each apnea event, the brain briefly arouses people with sleep apnea in order for them to resume breathing, but consequently sleep is extremely fragmented and of poor quality. Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency, and headaches. Moreover, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, sleep apnea can be diagnosed and treated. Several treatment options exist, and research into additional options continues. Sleep apnea is very common, as common as adult diabetes, and affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Risk factors include being male, overweight, and over the age of forty, but sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children. Yet still because of the lack of awareness by the public and healthcare professionals, the vast majority remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the fact that this serious disorder can have significant consequences.
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