Oral appliances: If you don't have severe sleep apnea, you could try custom-fitted oral devices that help keep your airway open. Just make sure to get one from a qualified dentist or orthodontist ...

These pauses can happen multiple times per hour, sometimes over 100 times per night in severe cases. With obstructive sleep apnea, the most common type, throat muscles relax and block the airway.

Weight has a direct effect on diagnosis of sleep apnea. Patients who are heavier tend to have severe sleep apnea. The heavier you are, the severer the sleep apnea usually is. We tell people to ...

with severe OSAS after 3 months of CPAP therapy. Conclusion: The pathogenesis of daytime hypercapnia may be directly linked to sleep apnea in a subgroup of patients with OSAS.

March is National Sleep Month. Doctors say sleep apnea, when people temporarily stop breathing, is very common. But many people don't realize they have it, and their health could be suffering as a ...