Sleep Apnea Specialist

 

Sleep Apnea Specialist Los Angeles formally called “Somnologist”.  Somnus means sleep. It is cause by collapse of the pharyngeal airways. It is characterized by Apneic episodes during sleep when the person during sleep stops breathing periodically up to few minutes. This is usually reported by the partner as the patient is unaware of the episodes. Sleep specialists are doctors who diagnose and treat sleep disorders. Sleep specialists can diagnose you, figure out how severe your sleep apnea is, and come up with a treatment plan. You may need to stay overnight at a sleep clinic for a sleep study. This will give your sleep specialist more information to figure out the root cause of your problem and decide which type of sleep specialist can best guide your treatment.

Treatment of Sleep Apnea Specialist Los Angeles:

The specialist can also refer the patient to E.N.T clinic or sleep clinic where sleep studies can be conducted. In sleep study patient have to sleep in the hospital where patients oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiratory rate, breathing, snoring and apnea episodes are monitor. 

Correct reversible risk factors:

Stop drinking alcohol

Stop smoking

Lose weight

Use Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine that provides continues pressure in the airways that keep the airway open so breathing can be easy and it doesn’t collapse.

Surgery:

Surgical procedures may help people with obstructive sleep apnea and others who snore but don’t have sleep apnea. Among the many types of surgeries done are outpatient procedures. Surgery is for people who have excessive or malformed tissue obstructing airflow through the nose or throat, such as a deviated nasal septum, markedly enlarged tonsils or small lower jaw with an overbite that causes the throat to be abnormally narrow. These procedures are typically performed after sleep apnea specialist Los Angeles has failed to respond to conservative measures and a trial of CPAP.

Symptoms:

Snoring

Morning Headache

Wake up from sleep un-fresh

Daytime sleepiness

Concentration problem

The oxygen saturation drops in night

Severe cases can cause hypertension, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke. 

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