Have you been suffering form mysterious headaches? Are you tired in the middle of the day for no reason at all? Are your loved ones complaining that you’re especially irritable or moody?
Amazingly, the root of all these problems may just be your snoring. And unfortunately, snoring may be the sign of a whole range of other more serious health problems.
Snoring, besides being bothersome to your bedmate, is a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnea. This condition, also known as OSA actually causes you to stop breathing while you sleep; and often hundreds, if not thousands of times per night.
This halt in breathing occurs when your tongued, throat and jaw muscles relax, which then cause your airway to be blocked. When breathing stops, the body reacts with a momentary spike in blood pressure. Because these jagged halts in breathing can occur hundreds of times nightly, and the effects are multiplied and truly dangerous.
As a result, OSA has been proven to cause a range of serious health problems, including:
- Heart attacks
- Hypertension
- Heart disease and plaque buildup
- Strokes
- Depression
- Diabetes
Unfortunately, diagnosis and treatment for OSA is often overly expensive and sometimes ineffective as well. Usually they are conducted by licensed sleep centers that involve an overnight stay, which is obviously very time-consuming.
Mouthpieces are a common treatment for snoring as well. However, some of these mouthpieces jam the jaw shut, which can feel uncomfortable, and cut into sleep. Additionally, many of these mouthpieces require that you boil them so that the material softens to better fit your mouth, which of course is “a lot of hassle for too little gain.”
For many people snoring is a serious health issue and can have grave implications including chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, weight gain, heart failure and stroke.
7 Day Dental
Here at 7 Day Dental we are always here to help you, we are open 365 days of the year so that we can accomodate even the most ramdom emergency. If you are tired of your snoring and worried about your health, please come and visit us at any of the following locations:
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