Advanced Snoring & Sleep Treatments at Magnolia ENT

Sleep apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders. It causes those who have it to continuously stop and start breathing throughout the night. While it can get in the way of peaceful sleeping, it can also be dangerous. This disrupted breathing causes the oxygen levels in your blood to drop, straining your cardiovascular system and leading to potentially dangerous health problems like high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.

Types of sleep apnea include:

• Obstructive sleep apnea: occurs when throat muscles relax
• Central sleep apnea: muscles that control breathing don’t receive signals from the brain
• Complex sleep apnea: a combination of obstructive and central sleep apnea

Common symptoms of sleep apnea include:

• Loud snoring
• Daytime fatigue
• Morning headaches
• Lack of focus or irritability
• Sore or dry throat upon waking