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About Sleep Apnea
What is Sleep Apnea?
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Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while you sleep. This is a potentially serious disorder as it causes breathing to stop and start during sleep.
The muscles in your throat relax sporadically and blocks/narrows your airway during sleep. This narrowing obstructs breathing, resulting in lower blood oxygen levels.
Your brain senses this and briefly rouses you from sleep so that you can reopen your airway.
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