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Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Diagnosis

Diagnosis

Not all people with suspected sleep apnea require medical tests. Expensive diagnostic efforts are probably not required for individuals who have no other health risk factors and whose suspected apnea does not affect their quality of life or safety on the road.

Doctors, however, should order diagnostic sleep studies if:

The patient has a serious medical condition that might be worsened or caused by sleep apnea. Such conditions include heart disease, high blood pressure, heart failure, diab...

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Expert & Community Posts

Snoring linked to increased cardiovascular risk

By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...Researchers have long suspected the link between snoring and cardiovascular illnesses, but a... Read more »

Sleeping with your "Furry" Friend

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...or other furry friends at home can develop problem snoring when they grow up, a new study has... Read more »

Successful Sleep Apnea Therapy

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...treat it successfully. Here are some of her biggest tips.What happens the first night that you... Read more »

The Sleep Apnea-Diabetes Connection

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...sleep with. If your bed mate complains about your snoring, you might well have sleep apnea. But... Read more »

Steps to Healthy Sleep

By Leah , Health Expert

...it will increase your metabolism. Block out the snoring of your partner and any other... Read more »

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Health Guide

Allergic Rhinitis: Treatment

...that the parent is not simply responding to their own anxiety when they hear the child snorting or snoring. Prescription drugs are required only in severe cases. However, in children with both... Read more »

Headaches: Tension: Risk Factors

...infections, such as colds and fluSleep disorders. Sleep problems, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, or habitual snoring, are common in all primary headaches. Headache can disturb sleep, but sleep... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Symptoms

...include:Excessive daytime sleepinessMorning headachesIrritability and impaired mental or emotional functioningSnoring (bed partners may report very loud and interrupted snoring)Heartburn (acid... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Causes

...contribute to obesity itself, however, since a sleepy person tends to be sedentary.)Sleep BehaviorsSnoring. Chronic snoring itself may actually be a cause of sleep apnea. Over time, the vibrations... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Lifestyle Changes

...to narrow when a person lies on the back. (Indeed, astronauts show a marked reduction in apneas and snoring in the weightlessness of space.) Positional sleep apnea affects people of all ages,... Read more »

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Snoring Linked to Childhood

September 08, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Your childhood environment may determine whether you will snore when you are an adult. A new report from Sweden shows childhood... Read summary »

Snoring during Pregnancy Could Mean Gestational Diabetes

July 08, 2009

(Newswire) -- For pregnant women, snoring may mean more than just sleepless nights for their husbands. New research from the Northwestern University... Read summary »

Study links snoring and obesity in teenagers

September 28, 2008

A follow-up study of teenagers with sleep-related breathing disorders found several links between that condition and obesity. The study revisited... Read summary »

Hugging Hearts

August 06, 2007

PITTSBURGH (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- More than 300,000 people die every year from cardiomyopathy, a weakening of the heart muscle that causes it... Read summary »

Brainy Babies

June 10, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies show up to 20 percent of a child's IQ is influenced by prenatal and postnatal experience. Learn what you and your baby... Read summary »

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