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WHEN IS SNORING DANGEROUS
Everyone can snore occasionally, which is often not a serious harm to health, says Professor Doctor in Istanbul JCI hospital “But if the cause is sleep apnea, it should be taken seriously,” is said.
Clinical studies show that the problem of snoring is more common in men than in women. But this problem is also much more common in women than thought. So when is snoring innocent, when is it dangerous?
Turkey Medicals member and hospital head of department Neurologist Prof. Dr. answer to this question.
You may be out of breath at night
Snoring occurs as a result of the narrowing of the respiratory tract with the relaxation of the soft tissues of the neck while sleeping, and the tissue vibrates and makes a sound when inhaling air. With simple snoring, you can wake up in the morning with a sore throat and dry mouth. But there are also cases when snoring is actually a symptom of a serious illness.
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A doctor in Turkey may recommend that you have a sleep apnea test to see if you have any of the following symptoms:
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How to understand it?
There are several ways to distinguish sleep apnea from simple snoring…
Simple snoring does not cause breathing interruptions. If your family/partner observes that your breath Decelerates for 10-30 seconds on nights when you snore, sleep apnea may be suspected.
Another difference in snoring and sleep apnea is how you feel after waking up and during the day. In simple snoring, you usually do not feel a negative the next day. But with sleep apnea, you can often wake up during the night due to breathing interruptions. That is why the next day you can feel quite a lot of fatigue, headaches and depressive feelings.
With sleep apnea, your snoring becomes more frequent and noisy. You often wake up gasping for breath. The sound of snoring is more like a choking sound. In simple snoring, your sleep is not so affected, for example, you do not wake up to your own snoring.
What are the reasons?
Obesity
Increases the risk of developing sleep apnea fourfold in both sexes. The fat layer that accumulates around the neck as a result of obesity leads to blockage of the respiratory tract.
Genetic factors
Factors that lead to facial changes, such as short and thick neck structure, large tonsils, jaw structure is behind, cleft lip, can block the respiratory tract and cause sleep apnea.
Heart or kidney failure
In the presence of these problems, sleep apnea occurs due to what we call fluid accumulation in the neck area.
Alcohol and cigarette use
These are habits that contribute to sleep apnea and should be abandoned.
Hypothyroidism
Insufficient thyroid hormone muscle can lead to disruption of some nerves and muscles in the brain that control breathing, dilation of the tongue, and blockage of the upper airway, contributing to obesity.
Menopause
Decreased estrogen levels lead to sleep apnea. Estrogen affects serotonin, a brain chemical that plays a role in causing tension in the tongue and palate during sleep. Insufficient estrogen causes insufficiently stretched tissues to move backwards, blocking the airway.
Some medications
Some medications, such as strong painkillers, can cause breathing to be unable to be signaled by changes they cause in the brain, causing muscles to relax enough to cause sleep apnea.
Neurological disorders
Sleep apnea can occur as result of many neurological disorders, such as stroke, congenital abnormalities, brain infections, and brain damage.
Premature birth
In this case, sleep apnea occurs until the brain is mature.
It can lead to a heart attack and stroke
Between breathing, interrupted at intervals in sleep apnea, reduces oxygenation of the blood, which leads to the inability of the brain to feed. Fatty plaques, which can not be sufficiently cleaned from the blood, cause accumulations on the walls of the vessels. For this reason, sleep apnea increases the risk of atherosclerosis and many other heart and vascular diseases. In addition, studies have shown that large fat molecules break down quite slowly in the presence of sleep apnea. Large fat plaques can block the heart or a vessel supplying the brain, causing a heart attack or stroke. People with sleep apnea have higher LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglycerides. This, in turn, contributes to obesity, hypertension, erectile dysfunction due to impaired vascular health, uncontrolled diabetes and some other metabolic diseases. In addition, complaints such as liver problems (non-alcoholic fatty liver), reflux, sexual aversion can also indicate sleep apnea. High blood pressure occurs in 80 percent of sleep apnea patients.
When should a doctor be consulted?
If you have trouble breathing during sleep, if you are extremely tired and sleepy during the day, if you have headaches in the morning, if you have stubbornly high blood pressure, if your snoring is too loud, you can contact a clinic specializing in sleep apnea. Here they usually host you for one night and conduct a diagnostic and treatment program, examining your sleep.
How is sleep apnea treated?
Because all simple snoring factors can also lead to sleep apnea, treatments that apply to simple snoring can also benefit sleep apnea. Specifically, because sleep apnea has a respiratory interruption, there are some specialized treatments for it. For example, to prevent breathing interruptions, CPAP is the most commonly used treatment for sleep apnea. The CPAP device is worn during sleep and prevents snoring by keeping the upper respiratory tract open. In addition, some mouthpieces that are specially adjusted to the tongue and lower jaw muscle also benefit from keeping the respiratory tract open during sleep.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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