What Is It and Why It Matters?!
! Over 90% of patients undergoing surgery for weight loss have sleep apnea!
! Most people with sleep apnea don’t know they have it, even though:!
Night-time"
Day-time"
! Snoring!
! Sleepiness!
! Chocking!
! Fatigue!
! Gasping!
! Increased Accidents!
! Restless Sleep!
! Poor Concentration!
! Frequent Urination"
! Poor Job Performance!
Medical Consequences"
Social Consequences"
! High Blood Pressure!
! Excessive Sleepiness!
! Heart Disease!
! Decreased
! Irregular Heart Rhythm! ! Stroke " ! High Blood Sugar"
Concentration!
! Poor Job Performance! ! Depressed Mood! ! Auto & Work Accidents!
! Approximately 18 million suffer daily! ! 10% men and post-menopausal women! ! Approx. 12% - 15% surgical population! ! Only 3 million diagnosed and treated! ! Direct costs $3 billion annually!
! Sleep Apnea increases car crash risk 15 times! But...!
! Treatment of Sleep Apnea reduces risk to normal!!
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. ! Each episode, called an apnea, last long enough that one or more breaths are missed, and such episodes occur repeatedly throughout sleep.! There are three distinct forms of sleep apnea: Central, Obstructive and Complex.!
! Obstructive Apnea - a cessation of airflow-at least 10 seconds with continued effort to breathe.!
! Central Apnea - apnea with no effort to breathe.! ! Complex Apnea - apnea begins as central but towards the end there is effort to breathe without airflow.! Despite the difference in the root cause of each type, in all three, people with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the night and often for a minute or longer.!
! Cardinal symptom - daytime sleepiness! ! Chronic fatigue or tiredness! ! Snoring! ! Witnessed apneic episodes (breathing pauses)! ! Awakening with headache! ! Impotence! ! Awakening with dry throat! ! Awakening gasping for air or with smothering sensation! ! Restless sleep! ! Memory impairment - often!
! Do you snore most nights?! ! Do you gasp or choke most nights?! ! Do you quit breathing in your sleep most nights?!
! A Sleep study will tell you if you have Sleep Apnea.! ! Treatment of Sleep Apnea reduces the risk of heart attack, strokes, auto accidents, and surgical complications.!
! Most patients experience their best results with CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure)!
Studies show your treatment is best when you go to a center that is:!
!   Directed by Physicians - Board Certified in Sleep Medicine.!
!   And has a CPAP compliance program!
! Behavioral! ! Weight loss! ! Avoidance of supine position! ! Avoidance of exacerbating substances! ! Devices! ! Positive pressure devices! ! Oral appliances!
! Surgery! ! Bariatric surgery for morbidly obese! ! Tracheotomy! ! UPPP (Uvulopalatpharyngoplasty - surgical procedures used to remove tissue in the throat) !
! Maxillomandibular advancement (a surgical procedure which moves the jaws foward)!
! Reduce risk of hypertension, heart disease, stroke and surgical complications.!
! Reduce medical expenses by 50%.! ! Reduce the risk of fatigue related accidents.! ! Apnea treatment improves diabetes.! ! Untreated Apnea shortens life 5 - 10 years.!
Sleep Apnea! association curacao! sleepapnea.cur@gmail.com!