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Sleep
Apneoa and Snoring
So what is Sleep Apneoa and what is its
relation to snoring, and what aids are there
available? Well snoring occurs when air
does not flow smoothly through the air passages,
or when the soft tissues or muscles in your
air passages vibrate. Also as you fall into
deep sleep, the muscles in your tongue, throat
plus the roof of your mouth (also known as the
soft palate) relax. This muscle relaxation causes
the tissues in your throat to sag, then as you
breathe, the sagging tissues narrow the airway
and start to vibrate or flutter, creating the
sound of snoring. The narrower your airway becomes,
the greater the vibration...and the louder the
snoring.
Sleep Apnoea,
a More Serious Problem
Sometimes, though thankfully
rarely, snoring indicates a more serious problem,
that of Sleep Apneoa. If you snore loudly
with occasional pauses in breathing, and you
frequently wake up during the night, you may
be suffering from sleep apnoea. So what exactly
is Sleep apnoea?, well in reality it means
that for periods in your sleep you actually
stop breathing.
These interruptions in the normal
breathing patten, which can last 10 seconds
or longer, occur when the muscles in your
soft palate, tongue and tonsils relax during
sleep. This is the exactly the same process
involved with snoring, but with sleep apnoea,
the airway narrows so much that it closes.
Your breathing stops, cutting off the flow
of oxygen into your body and reducing the
elimination of carbon dioxide from the blood.
Luckily your brain detects this rise in CO2
and briefly wakes you up making you move and
thus re-opening your airways and allowing
the re-starting your breathing.
This process may be repeated
several times during the night. For some proper
sleep may become impossible, resulting in
severe fatigue and a decreased quality of
life. Worst still Sleep apnoea in adults can
increase the risk of serious health problems
such as heart failure.
Sleep Apneoa
Aids, Devices, Solutions and Equipment
For some the only remedy to serious Sleep
Apnoea is some form of surgery on the soft tissues
of the mouth, however there is another way that
you can get some form of relief from this problem,
quite simply it means sleeping upright.
Sleeping
Upright can Reduce Snoring and Sleep Apneoa
Most people can only snore when lying
down, and many only snore when they are on their backs.
For both sets of people sleeping in a comfortable
upright position may be the solution, and that is just
what the PostureSafe system offers, the ability to sleep
upright in total comfort.
What The Posture
Safe Pillow System Consists of
The posture safe pillow
system comprises of the backrest and the
legrest, providing the total, fully adaptable,
support and comfort you deserve, and offering
the chance of a good nights sleep too.
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