Obesity-associated sleep disorders have effective treatments, and sometimes weight loss or exercise can help alleviate the symptoms.
This can cause you to wake up for a few seconds and then fall back asleep again.
For people who have OSA, this pattern recurs hundreds of times per nightsubstantially reducing restful sleep.
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Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Sleep-disordered breathing includes several different sleep-related breathing disorders.
The conditions are treatable but can have serious health consequences if left untreated.
The most common sleep-disordered breathing condition isobstructive sleep apnea.
Others include central sleep apnea (CSA) and sleep-related hypoventilation and hypoxemia.
Risks
Several risk factors can contribute to obesity-associated sleep-disordered breathing.
A polysomnogram(a diagnostic sleep study) includes several components.
It may contain one or more built-in electrodes to detect your brain activity and sleep stages during sleep.
Someone in the same room while youre sleeping might notice your snoring, however.
Various sleep apps can do this using your smartphone.
In addition to prescribed therapies, some lifestyle adjustments may help reduce sleep-disordered breathing.
Sleep-disordered breathing has many effective treatments.
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