Get advice about sleep apnoea from Liverpool dentists
Sleep apnoea causes the muscles in your throat to relax during sleep, thus blocking the airways. It is most common in those who are over forty years of age.
When the airways are blocked, oxygen cannot reach the brain and a signal is sent to your body to wake up. As a result, those with sleep apnoea have frequently disrupted sleep. As anyone who has had problems sleeping will know, this can make life difficult in several ways. Those with sleep apnoea find that they are more likely to be involved in traffic accidents as they will frequently be tired in the day and have compromised reaction times. Even worse than this, studies have linked the hypertension that can be brought on by sleep apnoea is linked with an increased tendency towards strokes and heart attacks.
If you are overweight or smoke your risk of developing sleep apnoea increases and a tendency to drink alcohol before sleep can also bring about the condition. The use of sleeping pills and sedatives has also been linked with sleep apnoea and some studies demonstrate that the disorder has a tendency to run in families, meaning you are more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea if a relative has it.
Your Liverpool dentist has access to the parts of your mouth involved with sleep apnoea and so they are in an excellent position to diagnose the condition during one of your six month check ups. If it is found that you have sleep apnoea you might be given one of two types of device to alleviate the condition.
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