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Sleep apnea occurs when an individual experiences interrupted sleep and difficulty breathing.  There are various things that apnea is attributable to.  For some sufferers their tongue and uvulva muscles relax during the night, and partially block the airways meaning that after inhalation it is difficult for air to pass through the bronchial tubes to the lungs.  The uvulva is a small piece of tissue that hangs at the back of a person’s throat, and the tissue often swells obstructing a person’s airway.
Breathing becomes very strained and difficult, and often noisy.  For some sufferers of sleep apnea, breathing can stop altogether.
Obesity is often a cause of sleep apnea.  Often overweight people have excess amounts of tissue in their airway which then causes it to narrow.  Although the person feels as though they are inhaling and exhaling normally, in fact smaller amounts of air than may be required pass into their lings.  Particularly when a person is sleeping they are unaware of this.  The common result of this is heavy snoring or small periods of no breathing at all.  Consumption of alcohol will also increase the periods in a persons breathing when they are actually unable to breathe when they are sleeping.  Such people wake frequently throughout the night and often fall from a light to a deep sleep regularly and vice versa, creating irregular sleeping patterns.
As the person suffering from apnea is often unable to inhale enough oxygen, conversely too they experience difficulty in exhaling the required amounts of carbon dioxide which increase carbon dioxide levels in a person’s blood.  This alerts the person’s brain to resume breathing and often causes a person to gasp or snort loudly due to the brain being alerted.  This again prevents a person experiencing a decent night’s sleep.
Research has indicated that up to fifty percent of sufferers of sleep apnea experience high blood pressure.  Sleep apnea can cause concentration difficulties, drowsiness and fatigue, irritability and if after a long period of time, depression.  There are various causes and solutions, an individual needs to view all the options and pick the cure best for them.

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