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How to quickly detect whether it is accompanied by sleep apnea syndrome?

One in ten people in life is accompanied by light or heavy snoring during sleep. Many people think this is an uncommon symptom. As we don’t know, snoring during sleep may also be accompanied by a potential disease. Namely sleep apnea syndrome.

Sleep apnea syndrome is a sleep disorder that stops breathing during sleep. If it is not treated in time, it will be very harmful to the body. It may cause high blood pressure and coronary heart disease; in severe cases, it may cause respiratory failure and sudden death; sleep quality decline, myocardial infarction, and stroke. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital for treatment in time to avoid aggravation of the condition.

Sleep apnea syndrome is a common disease in daily life. There are many reasons for the disease, such as blockage of the upper airway, frequent snoring, body twitching, or arm shaking. But if you don’t get treatment in time, it will be very harmful to your body. So, what harm does sleep apnea syndrome do to the body? Let’s find out together.

1.Damage to the kidneys

Sleep apnea syndrome can damage the kidneys because the upper airway is closed, the negative pressure in the chest cavity is increased, and the pulmonary vasoconstriction leads to dilation of the right atrium, which can also stimulate the secretion of atrial natriuretic factor to a certain extent. Specific clinical manifestations include increased urine, edema, and renal insufficiency in severe cases.

2.Effects on the nervous system

After suffering from sleep apnea syndrome, the patient’s blood sample saturation decreased a lot. Specific manifestations include hallucinations before going to bed, limb twitching after falling asleep, and convulsions. In addition, the body may also have symptoms of weakened intelligence and decreased memory.

3.Harm to the mental system

Among patients with sleep apnea syndrome, approximately 56% have gloom, 38% have hypochondria, and 29% have conversion hysteria. Of course, there are also individual patients who will show manic psychosis or paranoid psychosis.

4.Impact on cardiovascular

30% of patients with hypertension have obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and 45% of patients with sleep apnea syndrome have hypertension. Such hypertensive patients have lost their normal circadian rhythms, and their blood pressure is high when they wake up in the morning, which is not easy to control even with medication.

The hazards of sleep apnea syndrome are mainly in the above four aspects. When patients snoring while sleeping, they need to be vigilant. If they are accompanied by repeated apneas, they should go to the hospital as soon as possible. Local, systemic or comprehensive treatment. After a period of treatment, the patient will be able to regain his health.

Snoring during sleep may hide such a serious disease. Many people are wondering how do I know if I am snoring during my sleep or snoring is accompanied by apnea? The “Snore Tracker” app can assist in detecting whether there is apnea during snoring and sleep.

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Do you know what your snoring is?

Snoring refers to a snoring that is vibrating the hanging (cleaning) in the sleep. The tonsil is full, the tongue is too large and excessive drinking, etc. will cause snoring. Snoring can lead to daytime, fatigue, non-focused, headache, and decline in work ability. Snoring is an independent risk factor of hypertension, and severe snoring often accompanied by sleep apnea syndrome. Snoring needs to identify the cause and treat them as soon as possible.

Are you a person who shakes the room or a heavy nose? Is a person who issued a circular saw sound or a whistle? Or, just like a cat like a cat? Find the truth through our app “Snore Tracker“.

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What hazards are obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?

Blocking Sleep Respiratory Syndrome (OSAS) is due to the incapaci and ventilation caused by clogging or stenosis of the upper airway during sleep, causing symptoms such as snoring, apnea, sleep structure, etc., causing repeated body lacking Oxygen, daytime lethargy, mental unconventional, etc.

In the past, OSAS did not attract everyone’s attention, thinking that snoring is nothing more than affecting others sleep, and can’t think of this disease, there will be a lot of serious harm to multiple systems of the body.

In terms of cardiovascular systems, OSAS has long-term development of heart failure, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmia. In the respiratory, breathing failure, pulmonary heart disease, night asthma. In the nervous system, you can cause elderly dementia, cerebral infarction, memory loss, cerebral hemorrhage, character change (such as depression). In terms of endocrine systems, obesity, child growth is slow, lipid metabolic disorders, diabetes, etc. In diabetes, chronic hypoxemia in sleep can cause inflammatory reactions, release inflammatory media, affecting insulin to signal, and throwing abnormal sugar content.

Therefore, snoring needs to identify the cause and treat them as soon as possible. We have a funds to monitor snoring and analysis in sleep.

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Is sleep apnea monitoring necessary for sleep-disordered breathing?

If there is nighttime snoring, irregular snoring and unexplained dry mouth in the morning, daytime sleepiness, fatigue and other symptoms, it should be highly suspected of sleep-disordered breathing. The main symptom of sleep-disordered breathing is nocturnal snoring. In the process of snoring, some patients have uneven snoring, with interruptions in the middle and even repeated awakenings. Patients with mild sleep-disordered breathing have no significant specific symptoms during the day. Patients with severe disease may have symptoms such as daytime drowsiness, morning headache, impatience, fatigue, decreased work efficiency, inability to relieve fatigue after sleep, dry mouth, increased nocturia, acid regurgitation and other symptoms, and are prone to complications such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, etc.

The etiology of sleep-disordered breathing is complex and may be derived from genetics, aging, living habits and environmental factors. In addition, obesity, nasal obstruction, pharyngeal stenosis, abnormal neuro-muscular tone regulation can all cause disease. Common causes of airway stenosis include adenoid hypertrophy, tonsil hypertrophy, micromandibular, nasal polyps and deviated nasal septum. Because the facial structure of the yellow race is different from that of the white race, some people who are not obese can also get the disease. In addition, factors such as the regulation function of the central nervous system on breathing and the regulation of airway muscle tension during sleep can also cause disease.

By changing living habits and environmental factors, the occurrence and development of sleep-disordered breathing can be prevented to a certain extent. Weight control starts with weight loss, which reduces the risk of developing sleep-disordered breathing. At the same time, establishing the habit of sleeping in the lateral position is helpful for preventing and reducing obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (commonly known as snoring). If the symptoms are severe, and the above measures alone cannot effectively control the symptoms, you should go to a professional medical institution for diagnosis and treatment. It should be emphasized that children who snoring need to seek medical attention in time, because childhood is a critical period for craniofacial development. If snoring and mouth breathing at this time, the craniofacial skeleton often develops into a craniofacial shape that is prone to snoring. It is easy to develop sleep-disordered breathing in adults. Correction of many structures often requires more invasive surgery and higher risk if treated in adulthood.

Sleep breathing monitoring is the most important test for diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing. If your doctor thinks sleep apnea monitoring is necessary, they will order the appropriate tests. Through sleep monitoring, it is possible to distinguish whether the symptoms of nighttime sleep arousal and daytime sleepiness are caused by snoring or other sleep disorders. In conclusion, sleep monitoring can provide a lot of information to help analyze and diagnose various sleep-related diseases, which is also the currently recognized gold indicator for the diagnosis of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Through sleep apnea monitoring, combined with the clinical symptoms of patients, most patients can be diagnosed. A few special sleep disorders may require further examination to be diagnosed.

We have a sleep recorder that can be used for sleep monitoring, real-time monitoring of heart rate, breathing rate, body movement, turning over, getting out of bed, etc. It is equipped with the “TiNew” applet, which can issue sleep records and reports, and have remote viewing. , early warning and other functions, it can also do early screening of sleep apnea to prevent disease risks.

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Is sleep apnea monitoring necessary for snoring children?

In recent years, due to the increase of air pollution and other reasons, there have been more and more upper respiratory tract infections in children, resulting in more and more snoring in children caused by adenoid hypertrophy in the tonsils. In addition to tonsillar adenoids, tonsil hypertrophy and obesity, some rare syndromes such as down syndrome, mucopolysaccharide syndrome, craniofacial deformities, sickle cell disease and neuromuscular diseases can also cause snoring in children. Sleep apnea monitoring is currently the gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome in children.

Sleep breathing monitoring has the following benefits:

1.Distinguish whether children’s snoring is caused by obstruction or neuromuscular, so as to take different measures for different reasons.

2.Determine the severity of snoring in children, take different treatment measures before and after surgery, minimize postoperative respiratory suffocation for severe children, and reduce unnecessary postoperative treatment for mild children. For children who are not suitable for immediate surgery, positive pressure ventilation should be used to improve the respiratory status and quality of life of children.

3.The comparison of sleep monitoring before and after surgery can clarify the degree of improvement of the child. If the child still has hypoxia after surgery, further measures should be taken to better improve the sleep condition of the child.

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder, which can monitor heart rate, breathing rate, body movement, turning over, getting out of bed, etc. in real time. It can also perform early screening for sleep apnea to prevent disease risks.

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When should children snoring need sleep apnea monitoring?

Snoring needs sleep monitoring in the following categories:

1.Long-term snoring;

2. Snoring and breathing pauses;

3. Mouth breathing when sleeping;

4. It is easy to wake up if you can’t sleep well.

If the child is snoring for a long time and the sound is relatively loud, there will be sudden snoring and breathing pauses; or mouth breathing during sleep; If you don’t sleep well, or move around unsteadily, etc., you should pay attention and need to be checked. Because in this case, when the snoring stops and becomes weak, it actually warns the body of repeated hypoxia, which will lead to interruption of sleep and unsteady sleep. Children’s deep sleep and REM sleep time will be shortened. Deep sleep is very important for physical development, and REM sleep is also related to the development of intelligence.

Long-term hypoxia will seriously endanger the growth and development of children and intellectual development, and will also cause children to be anxious during the day, which will seriously affect emotional management and learning ability. So if this happens, seek medical attention as soon as possible. If your doctor thinks sleep apnea monitoring is necessary, they will order the appropriate tests. Through sleep monitoring, it is possible to distinguish whether the symptoms of nighttime sleep arousal and daytime sleepiness are caused by snoring or other sleep disorders. In conclusion, sleep monitoring can provide a lot of information to help analyze and diagnose various sleep-related diseases, which is also the currently recognized gold indicator for the diagnosis of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Through sleep apnea monitoring, combined with the clinical symptoms of patients, most patients can be diagnosed. A few special sleep disorders may require further examination to be diagnosed.

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder that can be used for sleep monitoring, real-time monitoring of heart rate, breathing rate, body movement, turning over, getting out of bed, etc. It is equipped with the “TiNew” applet, which can issue sleep records and reports, and have remote viewing. , early warning and other functions, it can also do early screening of sleep apnea to prevent disease risks.

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What are the symptoms and harms of sleep apnea syndrome?

People sometimes hear that some people around you have sleep snoring at night (with apnea) and sleepiness during the day, and think it’s just a matter of poor sleep, snoring, and some people even think that snoring is sleep fragrance performance. In fact, these phenomena are sleep breathing diseases of unknown etiology, which are common and seriously endanger human health. The disease has different degrees of apnea and hypopnea during sleep, and the direct pathogenesis is the stenosis and obstruction of the upper airway (but its pathogenesis is not a simple airway obstruction, it is actually the collapse of the upper airway, accompanied by the respiratory central nervous system moderator disorder), medically known as obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).

The effects of sleep apnea syndrome on the body are enormous. Clinical manifestations are:

1. Snoring (vibration of the soft palate). This snoring is different from simple snoring, the volume is loud and very loud; the snoring is irregular and intermittent;

2. Fatigue or drowsiness during the day;

3. Apnea occurs during sleep, sometimes wake up suddenly, or even sit up suddenly, sweat profusely, and feel near death;

4. Nocturia increases, and individual patients have enuresis;

5. Headache in the morning;

6. Decreased intelligence and memory and personality changes, including short-tempered, depression, etc.;

7. The most important consequence at present is the relationship with chronic diseases. OSAHS can cause high blood pressure and is closely related to coronary heart disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and sudden death.

Therefore, snoring is often a symptom, and the hidden sleep apnea behind it may lead to systemic problems, seriously affecting the quality of life, physical health and work ability, and it is necessary to actively treat it. 

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder that can do sleep monitoring, monitor heart rate, breathing rate, etc. It can also screen for sleep apnea, and automatically generate sleep reports and analysis.

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Who is prone to sleep apnea syndrome?

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a condition in which the upper airway collapses and becomes obstructed repeatedly during sleep. After the occurrence of this disease, patients will have symptoms such as sleep snoring, apnea, and daytime sleepiness, which will greatly affect their normal life. Therefore, it is recommended that people who are prone to this disease actively take relevant preventive measures. So, who is prone to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome?

1. Obese people

Obese people are more prone to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and obesity itself is an independent risk factor. Moreover, according to clinical findings, more than 60% of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome have obesity problems, because the negative pressure in the upper airway of obese patients will increase, and the fat in the neck will directly compress the throat , which will lead to a decrease in the residual capacity of the lung function, thereby causing the disease to appear.

2. The elderly

The elderly are also a high-risk group of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, and according to clinical knowledge, with the increase of age, the risk of the disease will gradually increase. Because the function of various organs will decline in the process of aging, and the muscle tone of the throat will also decrease, which will increase the probability of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

3. People with upper airway obstruction disease

People with upper airway obstruction diseases are also very prone to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, such as chronic rhinitis, turbinate hypertrophy, tonsil hypertrophy, etc. Breathing is affected to varying degrees. At this time, if the relevant control is not actively carried out, it is very easy to induce symptoms.

4. Male

Apnea is also related to gender. Men are much more likely to suffer from the disease than women, but women are more likely to suffer from apnea after menopause, which is basically the same as that of men.

5. People with short chins

Some people have a short chin, and the chin will be retracted. The tongue will also retract, resulting in a narrow space behind the tongue. Such people are prone to block the trachea during sleep and cause apnea.

6. For patients who smoke, smoke repeatedly stimulates the upper respiratory tract, and eventually it is easy to develop obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

7. Drinking, if you drink for a long time, especially if you drink a lot, get drunk, your muscles are very relaxed at night, and you are prone to serious sleep apnea.

Those with a family history of sleep apnea syndrome.

The above-mentioned people are prone to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. It is recommended that people who are prone to symptoms should pay attention to the protection of their own bodies in their daily life, and actively carry out correct prevention. At the same time, you should also maintain adequate sleep, choose a suitable pillow height, and ventilate the indoor environment frequently to keep the air unobstructed.

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder, which is used for non-contact detection of human heart rate, respiration rate, and sleep status. , real-time warning. Sleep record also include screening for sleep apnea, preventing disease risks, and providing data basis and analysis for targeted improvement of sleep quality.

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What are the dangers of snoring?

Snoring is a very common disease. If it is not pay attention to in life, it may even lead to sudden death. Snoring is a very harmful thing. So what are the effects of this situation on the body?

1. suffocation

The airway of snoring patients is narrow, and they need to open their mouth to breathe to help sleep. After falling asleep, the mouth is habitually closed, and it is easy to hold the breath. After holding the breath for more than a certain period of time, it will cause suffocation and death.

2. Harmful to mental health

Due to long-term snoring, the quality of sleep of patients cannot be guaranteed, so that patients will experience dizziness, headache, lack of concentration and other symptoms during work and study during the day, which will eventually lead to menstrual weakness, hypertension, coronary heart disease and other diseases, and it is easy to form Personality disorders such as inferiority complex, loneliness, anxiety, etc.

3. Cardiovascular disease

Risk of abnormal cardiovascular disease and snoring are closely related. According to the survey, snoring will promote the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. For example, patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, coronary heart disease, and have severe snoring. Snoring has become the third type of disease that endangers human life.

4. Affect sleep

When snoring patients sleep at night, apnea often occurs, which leads to the inability of patients to enter deep sleep, affects the quality of sleep of patients, leads to drowsiness and mental fatigue during the day, and hinders normal work and life.

5. Insufficient blood oxygen

Snoring will cause frequent apnea in patients, resulting in too low blood oxygen concentration in the patient’s body and brain, resulting in hypoxia in the brain.

6. Affect fetal development

If a woman snores, it can also affect fetal development. Women snoring during pregnancy will have a great impact on the growth and development of the fetus. Frequent snoring can lead to fetal hypoxia, which seriously affects the dual development of fetal growth and intelligence.

7. Affect facial image

Women who snoring will have yellow complexion, rough skin, fat accumulation, bad breath, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and other serious symptoms due to poor blood circulation, which will greatly damage their health, and even 3 years to 15 years in advance into menopause.

8. Gastroesophageal reflux

When a person snores, the airway is in a compressed state, and the pressure in the abdominal cavity increases. If the stomach itself is not good, it may cause gastroesophageal reflux, heartburn, indigestion and other symptoms.

9. Influence others to rest

Snoring will affect the rest of others, especially between husband and wife. If the other party sleeps lightly, the patient snores too loudly and cannot rest well. After a long time, it may affect the relationship between husband and wife.

Snoring is a very common situation, but the harm caused by this situation cannot be underestimated. Frequent snoring will not only affect people’s sleep quality, but also easily lead to various diseases. Snoring must be actively treated and prevented.

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder that can do sleep monitoring, monitor heart rate, breathing rate, and screen for sleep apnea, and issue timely and accurate reports. There is also a free snoring APP called “Snore Tracker “.

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Are different groups of people affected by snoring?

Snoring is a ubiquitous sleep phenomenon. At present, most people don’t take it seriously, and some people regard snoring as a sign of sound sleep. In fact, snoring is the enemy of health. Because snoring causes sleep apnea repeatedly, it causes severe hypoxia in the brain and blood, resulting in hypoxemia, which induces hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris. Nocturnal apnea for more than 120 seconds is prone to sudden death in the early morning.

1. Women snoring and looking older

Many women, especially middle-aged and older women who are fatter, also snore. Women snoring and age fast:

(1) Snoring causes poor blood, resulting in loose facial skin, roughness, bad breath, premature crow’s feet, cloudy whites of the eyes, dark circles, large eye bags, irregular menstruation, easy aging and other symptoms, even if you use cosmetics to no avail.

(2) Women’s snoring will make people feel disgusted and disgusted, causing the alienation of lovers and friends. Nervousness during sleep can easily lead to neurasthenia. People will become sensitive and form personality disorders such as withdrawn and anxious.

2. Men’s snoring hurts the body and kidneys

The pace of life in modern society is accelerating, the social environment is complex, and men are under great pressure. Coupled with smoking, drinking, and gaining weight, many men snored when they were sleeping, had sleep apnea, and were often suffocated. Long-term snoring can cause headaches, dizziness, insomnia, forgetfulness, kidney deficiency, immunity and other diseases. Not only did he not sleep well, but he was often complained by those living in the same room.

3. Pediatric snoring needs to be vigilant

Pediatric snoring patients are mostly due to nasopharyngeal adenoid and tonsil hypertrophy or developmental malformations of craniofacial structures. Due to the obvious obstructive lesions of the airway, apnea is prone to occur, resulting in hypoxia, which affects the normal development and learning of children. It has been reported that severe snoring can cause dementia in children. So if your child snores at night, and has trouble concentrating in class, lethargy, memory loss, and poor academic performance, first go to an otolaryngologist to check the nasopharynx and tonsils. If there is significant hypertrophy, appropriate treatment is required.

4. Adolescent snoring affects development

In addition to affecting sleep quality, adolescent snoring also affects many systems in the body. Adolescents with severe snoring are often accompanied by sleep apnea, resulting in nocturnal hypoxia and hypercapnia. Due to the physical growth of adolescents, the necessary growth hormone will only reach its peak during deep sleep. Long-term chronic hypoxia will cause a lack of growth hormone, affect growth and development, and affect academic performance.

5. Snoring of the elderly affects life expectancy

When people get older, their metabolism slows down, and the heart and brain are prone to hypoxia. Snoring will aggravate the hypoxia of the heart and brain, and increase the incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease, stroke, arrhythmia, cardiopulmonary insufficiency, heart disease, cerebral thrombosis, vascular dementia and other diseases. If you have already suffered from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, snoring is tantamount to “falling into trouble”, which will make the condition “worse” and make it more stubborn and intractable.

Snoring is a very common disease. If it is not pay attention to in life, it will even lead to sudden death. Snoring is a very harmful thing. Frequent snoring will not only affect people’s sleep quality, but also It is easy to lead to various diseases, so snoring must be actively treated and prevented in life.

Plus1Health has a sleep recorder that can do sleep monitoring, monitor heart rate, breathing rate, and screen for sleep apnea, and issue timely and accurate reports. There is also a free snoring APP called “Snore Tracker“.