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Written by Irene Mmari   
A great many folks suffer from a disorder known as sleep apnea which induces you to stop breathing while you're in bed. While sleep apnea comes in numerous varieties, these in the main don't cause death but there are distinct situations where there may be challenging health issues and threaten your life. it's of great relevance to take a sleep apnea test if you think that you may be losing rest from this trouble.
by IreneMmari


A great many folks suffer from a disorder known as sleep apnea which induces you to stop breathing while you're in bed. While sleep apnea comes in numerous varieties, these in the main don't cause death but there are distinct situations where there may be challenging health issues and threaten your life. it's of great relevance to take a sleep apnea test if you think that you may be losing rest from this trouble.

Several methods are available for determining if you may be experiencing sleep apnea, and many people who suffer have a number of symptoms or may even have sleep apnea as a side effect. Some good examples of this are , weight gain, fatigue, and mental depression all of which may be caused by sleep problems, and they also might have dry mouth or a sudden panic attack upon waking up.

You may experience insomnia along with your sleep disorder but the only true way to discern whether or not your symptoms are caused by sleep apnea is to go to your physician and take a sleep apnea test. It is standard for the test to be administered at a center for sleep disorders but can be given in a doctor's office that have overnight facilities and diagnostic equipment.

The first step is a physical exam and part of the test consists of a good hard look at your mouth, throat and sinus areas. There will also be a detailed recording of a series of questions regarding the following subjects, sleep quality, patterns, disturbances and impressions. The doctors will want to keep you over night where a record is kept of how well you sleep.

The common test to record your sleep patterns is the PSG or polysomnogram, which comes in two varieties. The first variety is the overnight test and involves monitoring several activities including your heart rate, your breathing pattern, your eye movement and also your brain activity.

The second type covers a home monitoring version of the test where the technician simply connects the necessary electrodes and allows for more convenient monitoring of the patient at home through the standard PSG. What they will be trying to discern when deciding whether the results of the test are good or bad is a common measure called the respiratory disturbance index of RDI.

Numerical terms express the number of abnormal events which disrupted your breathing over the entire test. The following values are usually used when judging whether or not a person has sleep apnea. If the number of captured events over the period of an hour is over twenty in number then the patient is usually recommended for treatment.

There are some additional examinations which could be called for like a multiple sleep latency examination which determines how much your lack of sleep is effecting you. A normal person requires, on average, roughly 10 minutes to fall into a restful sleep so individuals who can fall asleep in less than five minutes are usually recommended for treatment. A strip test can also be administered prior to the sleep apnea test to see of further testing is needed.

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