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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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.