Sleep Apnea: Know How BiPAP Can make Your Life Easy

Divya Tripathi

, Health A2Z

 

 

A good morning starts after a proper sleep over the night, but if you are not able to sleep during the night, Your day starts with a tiring mood and laziness. It can be very frustrating to wake up tired in the morning because your morning decides how your day is going to be. If you are one of them, then you might be dealing with the sleeping disorder which is known as Sleep Apnea. In this article, we have discussed the disease, symptoms and how BiPAP can help you to deal with it.

 

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What is Sleep Apnea?

 

 

Sleep Apnea is a serious sleeping disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People who are dealing with it, if left untreated stop breathing repeatedly while sleeping, sometimes, it can be a hundred times during a night. This means the supply of oxygen restricted to the brain and rest of the body.

 

 

In other words, we can say that It is a potentially serious sleep disease in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you feel tired even after a full night’s sleep and snore loudly, then you may have sleep apnea.

 

 

 

What are the Types of Sleep Apnea?

 

 

The main three types of sleep apnea:

 

 

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea, This is the most common form of the disease, which occurs when throat muscles relax.

 

 

  • Central Sleep Apnea, It occurs when the brain is not able to send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing.

 

 

  • Complex Sleep Apnea Syndrome, It is a combination of both that can occur when someone has both sleeping disorders.

 

 

 

The most common signs and symptoms of obstructive and central include:

 

 

  • Loud snoring

 

 

  • Stop and start breathing during sleep

 

 

  • Gasping for air while sleep

 

 

  • Waking with a dry mouth

 

 

 

 

  • Difficulty staying asleep (insomnia)

 

 

  • Hypersomnia

 

 

  • Difficulty paying attention while awake

 

 

  • Irritability

 

 

 

What are the Complications of Sleep Apnea?

 

 

 

It may increase your risk of the following disorders:

 

 

 

 

  • Atrial fibrillation

 

 

  • Cancers, like pancreatic, renal, and skin cancers

 

 

 

 

  • Cognitive and behavioral disorders

 

 

  • visuospatial memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Metabolic disorders

 

 

 

 

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What are the Risk Factors for Sleep Apnea?

 

 

Anyone can get affected by it, even children. But certain factors increase your risk.

 

 

Obstructive Sleep Apnea:

 

 

Factors that increase the risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea include:

 

 

  • Excess weight. Obesity greatly increases the risk of disease. Deposits fat around your upper airway can obstruct your breathing.

 

 

  • Neck circumference. People with thicker necks may get narrow airways.

 

 

  • Being male. Men are at a higher risk of it than women.

 

 

  • Being older. The risk of disease increases significantly by age.

 

 

  • Family history. If you have a family history, it increases your risk.

 

 

  • Use of alcohol. It relaxes the muscles in your throat, which can increase the risk.

 

 

  • Smoking. Smokers are three times higher risk of this sleeping disorder than are people who’ve never smoked.

 

 

  • Nasal congestion. If you have a problem while breathing by the nose, it increases the risk of the disease.

 

 

 

 

Central Sleep Apnea

 

 

 

Risk factors for this form of sleep apnea include:

 

 

 

 

 

  • Being male. It is more common in men as compared to women.

 

 

  • Heart disorders. Having congestive heart disease increases the risk.

 

 

  • Stroke. Heart stroke increases your risk of disease.

 

 

 

What is the Advantages of BiPAP?

 

 

 

A sleep apnea patient can use BiPAPs for regular breathing. It is used to be set to a breath timing to measures the number of breaths per minute taken by the person. If the time between breaths exceeds by the set time, the machine forces the person to breathe by temporarily increased pressure.

 

 

 

What are the Benefits of BiPAP Therapy?

 

 

 

BiPAP machines are often prescribed to patients with high-pressure or low oxygen levels.

 

 

  • BiPAPs are often used after when CPAP stops working to adequately treat certain patients.

 

  • BiPAPs can be helpful for cardiopulmonary disorders patients like- congestive heart failure.

 

 

 

Conclusion:

 

 

In this article, we have discussed sleep apnea, which is a sleeping disorder, it would be difficult for the patient to breath while sleeping and the person wasn’t aware of it. If you are dealing with the problem then you should consult the doctor for the treatment. You can also use BiPAP to manage your disease after the recommendation of your doctor.

 

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