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  2. What is Sleep Apnea? Symptoms & Treatment Options - AOL

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    Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than 20 percent of people in the United States. It happens when your breathing temporarily stops while you sleep. Depending on the severity ...

  3. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Most individuals with obstructive sleep apnea are unaware of disturbances in breathing while sleeping, even after awakening. A bed partner or family member may observe a person snoring or appear to stop breathing, gasp, or choke while sleeping. People who live or sleep alone are often unaware of the condition.

  4. Sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    Sleep apnea (sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa in British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway during sleep results in poor ventilation and sleep disruption.

  5. Snoring - Wikipedia

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    Snoring is the vibration of respiratory structures and the resulting sound due to obstructed air movement during breathing while sleeping. The sound may be soft or loud and unpleasant. Snoring during sleep may be a sign, or first alarm, of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Research suggests that snoring is one of the factors of sleep deprivation.

  6. Do anti-snoring devices actually work? - AOL

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    Sleep apnea involves pauses in breathing during sleep for variable amounts of time, which happens because the airway partially or completely closes, says Varga.

  7. Sleep-related breathing disorder - Wikipedia

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    The most common treatment for sleep apnea is the use of continuous positive airway pressure with a CPAP machine. A CPAP machine pushes air through the nose and/or mouth, which applies air pressure to keep the throat open while asleep. This prevents pauses in breathing. [4]

  8. What Is Sleep Apnea? Your Complete Guide - AOL

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    Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than 20 percent of people in the United States. It happens when your breathing temporarily stops while you sleep. Depending on the severity ...

  9. Central sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    The conditions of hypoxia and hypercapnia, whether caused by apnea or not, trigger additional effects on the body.The immediate effects of central sleep apnea on the body depend on how long the failure to breathe endures, how short is the interval between failures to breathe, and the presence or absence of independent conditions whose effects amplify those of an apneic episode.

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