Health and Sleep for Fresno Patients
Sure, people snore once in a while. Almost everyone snores when they have a cold. Some people snore when they have had too much to drink. Others snore when they gain weight. But if snoring is chronic or if you wake up feeling tired, it could be something worse; it could be sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea causes those suffering with it to stop breathing, sometimes up to 50 times an hour, which leads to a chronic shortage of oxygen. Without even realizing it, sleep apnea patients also wake up numerous times during the night, keeping them from ever experiencing a full night’s sleep.
This combination of sleeplessness and oxygen shortage places a great deal of stress on the body. If nothing else, it significantly decreases alertness during driving and can make a sleep apnea sufferer almost as dangerous as a drunk driver! For more information, call our Fresno office at 559-449-7667 today!