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Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Lifestyle Changes
- Sleep Apnea - Lifestyle Changes
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- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Causes of Sleep Apnea
- Risk Factors for Sleep Apnea
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Lifestyle Changes
Sleeping on the back causes sleep apnea in about half of all people with mild sleep apnea. Body position greatly affects the number and severity of episodes of obstructive sleep apnea, with at least twice as many apneas occurring in people who lay on their back as in those who sleep on their side. This may be due to the effects of gravity, which cause the throat to narrow when a person lies on the back. (Indeed, astronauts show a marked reduction in apneas and snoring in the wei...
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