Sleep
apnea occurs when you stop breathing for at least 10 seconds on a regular basis during sleep.
Obstructive sleep
apnea occurs when there is a blockage of the upper airway that causes a lack of oxygen during sleep.
Non-obstructive or «central»
apnea occurs when the brain fails to signal the breathing muscles that it's time to get active.
Often but not always marked by loud snoring, sleep
apnea occurs when a sleeping person's airway collapses and closes off breathing.
The obstructive
apnea occurs due to the obstruction of anatomical airway.
When the «breathing orders» are not passed to the respiratory muscles by the central nervous system of your infant, then the central
apnea occurs.
Not exact matches
SIDS is thought to
occur when babies experience a pause in breathing, or
apnea, and are in too deep of a sleep to re-regulate their breathing.
Another common health problem in premature babies is
apnea, which
occurs due to immaturity in the part of the brain that usually controls the force to breathe.
Apnea can be voluntarily achieved (i.e., «holding one's breath»), drug - induced (e.g., opiate toxicity), mechanically induced (e.g., strangulation), or it can
occur as a consequence of neurological disease or trauma.
The most common form of sleep
apnea is obstructive sleep
apnea, which is characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction
occurring during sleep.
In sleep
apnea, breathing is interrupted, and these pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes and may
occur 30 times or more an hour.
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) is a sleep - related breathing disorder characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial upper airway obstruction
occurring during sleep.
Temporary spells of obstructive sleep
apnea syndrome may also
occur in individuals who are under the influence of a drug (such as alcohol) that may relax their body tone excessively and interfere with normal arousal from sleep mechanisms.
Sometimes obstructive and central sleep
apnea can
occur at the same time, which is called complex sleep
apnea syndrome.
In addition, researchers have correlated obstructive sleep
apnea — a disorder in which breathing difficulties during sleep lead to frequent arousals — with the development of impaired glucose control similar to that which
occurs in diabetes.
However, when the quality of sleep is compromised due to fragmentation from sleep
apnea, similar problems can
occur.
In contrast, sleep
apnea rarely
occurs during pregnancy weight gain, because high levels of progesterone protects respiration.1
Apnea is a commonly observed event
occurring immediately after TXK administration.
Arrhythmias, bradycardia,
apnea, emesis, convulsions, hypersalivation may
occur with DEXDOMITOR and DEXDOMITOR 0.1 use.
The following adverse reactions have been reported: death, cardiac arrest, bradycardia,
apnea, vomiting, may
occur with use.
Sleep
apnea can lead to serious health issues, like high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, stroke, and other cardiovascular problems; not to mention accidents that can
occur as a result of daytime drowsiness when a person isn't getting enough sleep.