What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea (from Greek, meaning "without breath") is one of the most common sleep disorders in which breathing stops and then restarts again recurrently during slumber.
There are 3 types Sleep Apnea: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), the most common type, happens when an obstacle in the airway disrupts normal respiration. Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) - happens when the brain fails to send the neurological signal to the muscles in control of breathing and Mixed Sleep Apnea - a combination of both OSA and CSA.
OSA patients will commonly suffer from low oxygen levels in the blood, high blood pressure and an overall decrease in the quality of life due to daytime drowsiness and headaches.
