Diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea

The apnea of ​​the sueño is a grave trastorn of the sueño that is produced when the respiration of a person is interrupted during the sueño.

By: Latina Agencia de Noticias de Medicina y Salud Pública

La apnea del sueño it is a grave grave of the sueño that is produced when the respiration of a person is interrupted while sleeping. The people with this condition -and there are sometimes treatments- including being able to breathe for tens of hours during a different period of rest. In general, apnea is produced because the affected person does not have enough oxygen.

The condition is classified in two types: obstructive apnea of ​​the sueño (AOS), central apnea of ​​the sueño (ACS) and apnea del sueño mixta. Of these, the AOS is the most globally diagnosed type, than the 84% in cases of patients with this condition manifesting the signs of obstructive apnea of ​​the throat, seconded by the block of the respiratory vesicles during the week.

The difference between ostriches, la apnea del sueño does not have a specific risk profile because it can affect any person of any age, including children. If the embarrassment is known as a risk factor that promotes the condition. Between them:

  • Ser hombre
  • Tener sobrepeso
  • Ser mayor for 40 years
  • Hold a large number of shoes (17 more sweaters in men and 16 more sweaters in women)
  • Tener amigdalas grandes, una lengua grande o una mandíbula pequeña
  • Tener antecedentes familiares de apnea del sueño.
  • Nasal obstruction caused by a deviated tab, allergies or sinusitis
  • If a person with this disease is not diagnosed at the time or does not receive the appropriate treatment, it also has other problems related to arterial pressure (hypertension), cardiac insufficiency, cardiac attacks, diabetes, depression. Además, notably increases the yield in the daily life.

    Cuales son los synthomas of the apnea del sueño?

    The affected by apnea del sueño do not perceive the moment in which he must breathe. Sondeverbod, whose consequences can be notarized immediately after the descent with some of them syntomas:

  • Ronquidos fuertes
  • Abruptly despair of a feeling of suffocation or jadeo
  • Intense dungeon pain to despair
  • Insomnia or constant distractions during the downturn
  • Frequent and humorous olvidos
  • Somnolence during the day
  • Detection of the apnea del sueño

    If a person can create a path of apnea del sueño, you can apply to the primary physician for a health test called a polysomnogram. This is a study that takes place while the person sleeps to detect and in reality present episodes of apnea and other conditions related to the week.

    Bruklik, these exams are conducted in sueño centers or laboratories specialized in the sueño. Alli, patients are registered and monitored throughout their stay by doctors or technicians who analyze the results and syntomas which registers the patient.

    In these studies, the person with the electric cocaine in his car and cable car, were charged with sending electrical signals to the medical team. The signals are provoked by the cerebral activity and muscle of each patient. Sondeverbod, its register is digital format. También, the doctors colocan cinturones around the neck and abdomen to measure the respiration and register cambios, an oximeter to measure the oxygen levels in the blood.

    Some studies have also been able to support EEG (electroencephalogram) to record and mediate cerebral wounds, EMG (electromygrama) to revise and have muscle activity and determine the sueño during the REM, EKG (electrocardiogram) stage to register. The decision to support the diagnostic in these other clinical exams always depends on the treating medicine and each case in particular.

    Treatment of the apnea del sueño en el hogar

    The specialists claim that the cases are alive from apnea del sueño can deal with exit at home. From the detection of this trastorno, the most effective means to minimize it are:

  • Perder peso
  • Avoid alcohol and pastilles to sleep.
  • Change the position of the suenño to increase respiration.
  • Dejar de fumar. Smoking can increase inflammation in the superior respiratory tract, which can reduce the amount of pain associated with apnea.
  • Avoid sleeping on your back.
  • Continuous positive pressure in the air area (CPAP). Consist in using a mask over the nariz or boca while sleeping. In fact, it is the most common treatment for this condition.
  • The mask is connected to a machine that summons a continuous flow of air to the nose. This airflow helps maintain the respiratory tract for regular respiration. It also has a positive pressure at two levels in the air area, or BPAP, which is similar to CPAP, but the air flow changes when inhaling and exhaling.

    Other treatment options include dental implants, developed by dentists and orthodontists in this affection. These devices help the patient to maintain an open airway while sleeping.

    In the event that the condition is produced by more severe factors as the nasal congestion deviates, inferior mandibles or overgrown tonsillitis, can be used to perform surgical procedures for treatment.

    The most common types of surgery for the apnea del sueño include:

  • Nasal surgery: Correction of nasal problems, as a deviated taboo.
  • Uvulopalatofaringoplastia (UPPP): procedure that extracts the mixed tejidos from the posterior part of the garganta and the palate, which increases the anchorage of the aerial part in the aberration of the garganta.
  • Maxilomandibular mandibular advancement surgery: surgery to correct facial problems and obstructions of the gargantuan that contribute to the apnea del sueño.
  • Other treatment options for the apnea del sueño

    Bestaan ​​minimally invasive office procedures that reduce and reverse the mixed blur tejidos. If these procedures are effective in the treatment of the disease, the effectiveness of the treatment is not known apnea del sueño a largo plazo.

    For people who can not use a CPAP, there is now an implanted device called Inspire.

    The device, called an estimator of the superior airflow, consists of a small generator of pulse-driven pulse in the superior part of the thorax. A cable that can detect the natural respiration pattern of the person in the pulse. Otro-kabel, wat al cuello lei, proporta una estimulatione lev a la nerves que controlel musculos de las viasas respiratorias, manteniéndolos abiertos.

    A physician can program the device from an external remote control. Además, watellos que tienen Inspireer usan un control remote par endender antostar acostarse y apagarse al despertor por la manana.

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