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«What comes with sleep apnea are these changes in the brain, so in addition to prescribing continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP — a machine used to help an individual sleep easier, which is the gold standard treatment for sleep disturbance — physicians now know to pay attention to helping their patients who have these other symptoms,» Macey said.

«CPAP therapy reduces symptoms of depression in adults with sleep apnea: People with depressive symptoms should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea.»

Dr. Sharma theorized that the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing could be missed in this population because adults with sickle cell disease are not generally obese, a common risk factor for apnea, and daytime sleepiness is attributed to the pain medications necessary to treat symptoms of the disease.

However, clinically significant depressive symptoms remained in only 4 percent of the sleep apnea patients who adhered to CPAP therapy for 3 months (9 of 228 patients).

This extensive reduction of gray matter in children with a treatable disorder provides one more reason for parents of children with symptoms of sleep apnea to consider early detection and therapy.

Although not everyone with sleep apnea is overweight, losing excess weight may help ease symptoms for some.

Because its main symptoms — snoring and daytime sleepiness — are often unrecognized or overlooked, people can suffer for years with sleep apnea.

According to a study, alertness can be increased as well as quality of life improved for obstructive sleep apnea sufferers with CPAP treatment, even with minimal symptoms.

Obstructive sleep apnea and other symptoms of OSA are associated with probable major depression, regardless of factors like weight, age, sex or race, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Look for the signs and symptoms of sleep apnea: severe snoring, the weight association, and the gasping and choking during sleep.

If you're looking for less conventional treatment options, you may be interested in a study published in 2006: Swiss researchers suggested that playing a didgeridoo, an Aboriginal instrument, improves (but doesn't cure) sleep apnea symptoms.

For overweight people, especially those with mild cases of sleep apnea, losing weight may reduce sleep apnea symptoms and, in some cases, the symptoms may completely disappear.

Did you know that sleep apnea symptoms may be different for women and children compared with men?

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Understanding sleep apnea for the DOT physical including testing procedures, symptoms, and treatments.

It could be a symptom of sleep apnea, a disorder that causes people to stop breathing for 10 to 30 - second increments.

About Blog Clinton Dental Center provides information on sleep apnea treatments, cure, with symptoms in children, causes and life style changes for sleep apnea relief.