People who have sleep apnea stop breathing while sleeping for a surprisingly long time.
A period when the person stops breathing is called an apnea event, or an apnea episode. While you are sleeping, a period of an apnea episode can be from 10 to 30 seconds, and even more.
If this episodes happen for more than five times during an hour of sleep, then definitely is sleep apnea.
A person with apnea disorder may have at least 200 apnea events per night! And there's another "minor" problem: all episodes happen without knowing that your breathing stops.
These events are often associated with reduced blood oxygen saturation, snoring, and sleep disruption. For more useful information about
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A strange thing is that some people with severe apnea disorder wake up from sleep to breathe, but they don't realize that they have awakened.
Some of them wake up during sleep and think they have another problem, such as insomnia or nightmares. Others will think they are just fine with their sleep and they get mad when someone tells them to stop snoring.
If you know such a person, a good idea is to film him with an infrared camera when he's asleep. He might cool down and take measures when he will see how he's breathing stops in sleep for such a long period of time.
Your brain knows that if you stop breathing in your sleep for more than 30 seconds and you don't start to breath again, you will die. So these awakening episodes will save your life, but they do disturb your sleep and cause excessive daytime sleepiness.
The question is how can you avoid these apnea episodes?
Most of the time you will not remember your apnea events and awakening episodes. In this case, your bed partner is maybe your only hope in saving your life and your relationship.
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