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City Leeds Sleeping Disorders Need Professional Guidance

Friday, August 8th, 2014

748875_blogThousands of people all over the UK suffer from sleepless nights and here at City Dental Leeds, we are determined to do something about this and enable our clients to enjoy a restful night’s sleep every night. Sleeping disorders require careful management and we are on hand to help you snooze peacefully!

Types of sleeping disorder

There are many different types of sleep disorder, which affect your ability to get to sleep, stay asleep or breathe during sleep. Sleep is so important because it affects your concentration, your mood, your energy levels and your physical health and a lack of quality sleep can have very severe implications, not just for your health, but also your relationships, your performance at work and your general wellbeing.

Common types of sleep disorder include snoring and insomnia, while less common examples include sleep apnoea, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy.

Battling snoring

Snoring is an extremely common problem and often, it affects the people who sleep around you. If you snore on a regular basis and you’re fed up of people moaning that they can’t sleep or they’ve been woken up, we are here to help. We can provide lifestyle advice, as well as devices to ensure that the airway is open while you sleep and we can also help to deal with issues related to teeth grinding.

Many of the risk factors for snoring may also contribute to insomnia and we can help you to overcome these issues and make simple changes to your lifestyle to help you sleep.

If you have sleep problems, don’t suffer in silence; call us to arrange a consultation and we will do our best to determine the cause and find suitable and effective solutions.

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How To Stop Apnoea Attacks In Leeds

Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

2603730_blogWhen it comes to your health, we go above and beyond routine dentistry; we offer cosmetic, restorative and orthodontic treatments, in addition to general dentistry, to enable you to enjoy good oral health and a beautiful smile and we also offer additional services, including treatment for TMJ disorder, bruxism and snoring and sleep apnoea. At City Dental we understand the importance of a good night’s sleep and if you’re regularly interrupted or disturbed by sleep apnoea or you live with somebody who snores, we can help to identify and address the cause to help you enjoy a restful night’s sleep every night.

What is sleep apnoea?

Sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder, which is characterised by periods of interrupted breathing. Sleep apnoea is not the same as snoring and it can potentially be very serious if not managed effectively. When you have sleep apnoea, the muscles in your throat relax to such an extent that the airway becomes blocked and this reduces your ability to breathe normally. The term apnoea is used when the airway is blocked for at least 10 seconds.

Sleep apnoea is most commonly associated with being overweight or obese; however, there are other potential risk factors, including smoking, drinking alcohol, age, gender (males are more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea than females) and taking sedative medication.

How is sleep apnoea treated?    

Treatment usually depends on the severity of the case. In mild cases, making simple changes to your lifestyle may be sufficient to improve symptoms; these may include quitting smoking, cutting down on alcohol consumption and losing weight. We can offer advice about healthy eating and nutrition and cutting down on smoking. In more severe cases, more intensive management is required and breathing apparatus may be recommended; this involves wearing a mask during the night to help you breathe and prevent the airway from becoming blocked.

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Solve Your Sleep Apnoea Concerns Here in Yorkshire

Tuesday, May 27th, 2014

912623_sWe understand the importance of sleep and we offer treatment for snoring and sleep apnoea in the centre of Leeds. Our aim is to identify underlying causes and correct issues so that you and your partner can snooze without any stress or worry.

About sleep apnoea

Sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder, which is characterised by disturbed breathing patterns; it occurs when the body is not getting enough oxygen due to the airways being blocked and must be carefully managed, as it can be very serious.

At City Dental, we work with medical experts to provide effective treatment for patients with sleep apnoea.

In most cases, sleep apnoea is associated with being overweight, but there are additional risk factors, including smoking, nasal congestion, age, family history and drinking alcohol on a frequent basis. Men are also more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea than women.

Treating sleep apnoea

If it is left untreated, sleep apnoea can contribute to serious, even life-threatening complications, including high blood pressure and strokes. Treatment for sleep apnoea usually depends on the severity of the condition. In mild cases, making simple changes to your lifestyle can be sufficient to reduce symptoms, especially if you are a smoker or you drink on a regular basis. If you are overweight, losing weight will almost certainly have benefits and we can help you with a healthy eating regime. Exercise is also a really effective way to lose weight and it has so many benefits for your physical and mental wellbeing.

In more severe cases, medical treatment is usually required and this may involve wearing breathing apparatus (a mask) during the night, to ensure that your body is getting the oxygen it needs. This form of treatment is known as continuous positive airway pressure and it is also known as CPAP.

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We Can Identify The Risks Of Sleep Apnoea Here In Leeds.

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

748875_blogSleep apnoea is a sleep disorder, which causes breathing difficulties. At City Dental Leeds we can identify the risks of sleep apnoea and manage the condition to help you to enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep.

Sleep apnoea is not the same as heavy snoring and it requires careful management because it affects breathing. People who have sleep apnoea experience bouts of disturbed breathing during their sleep.

There are various risk factors for sleep apnoea, including being overweight or obese, age, sex, medical history, smoking, drinking alcohol and family history. Men and people over the age of 40 have a higher risk of sleep apnoea.

Often, making simple lifestyle changes can make a huge difference to patients with sleep apnoea; these may include losing weight, doing more exercise, giving up smoking and cutting down on drinking. We are here to help and we can offer advice about healthy eating and giving up smoking.

We can also help with anti-snoring treatment. If your partner snores on a regular basis and this is affecting your sleep pattern, you will probably have noticed that you feel tired during the day and this can affect your performance at work, as well as your general mood. We can provide specially designed devices to keep the airway open by holding the jaw slightly forward. These have a very high success rate.

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People in Leeds Should Be Aware Of the Dangers of Sleep Apnoea

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014

758140_blog1Sleep apnoea is a condition, which causes breathing difficulties when you sleep. It can be very dangerous and potentially fatal so it is important that is it managed properly. At City Dental Leeds we understand the importance of a good night’s sleep and we can help to manage sleep apnoea effectively.

What causes sleep apnoea?

The main risk factor for sleep apnoea is being overweight or obese. Sleep apnoea is more common in men and tends to affect people over the age of 40 years old. Taking sedatives can increase the risk of sleep apnoea and drinking alcohol can make the problem worse.

What can be done for sleep apnoea?

Sleep apnoea is a serious condition, which disrupts breathing during sleep. Thankfully, there are solutions, which can help to control sleep apnoea and reduce symptoms. In cases where sleep apnoea is related to obesity, making lifestyle changes can make a massive difference; this may include losing weight, changing your diet, doing more exercise and steering clear of cigarettes and alcohol.

Another treatment option for more severe cases is breathing apparatus, which is used to help you breathe more easily during the night. A type of treatment called continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, is often used and it involves the individual wearing a mask during the night.

We can also offer dental appliances to help combat sleep apnoea. An appliance called a mandibular splint helps to improve breathing by holding the lower jaw in a forward position, which increases air flow by keeping the airway open.

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Hush-a-bye baby! Why you should be awake to the threat of Sleep Apnea in Central Leeds

Saturday, August 24th, 2013

4443553_blogIt is hard to think that simply by going to sleep at night in central Leeds could be possibly terminal for you in the end, but sleep apnea will get to you at some point if you have problems with your breathing. Snoring, obesity, or heavy medication interferes with your breathing and this may start to disturb your natural rhythm in the night. What happens when you sleep is pure mechanics; your mouth and nose takes in air and then goes to your lungs, pumps oxygen into the blood stream, through the heart and then into the brain that can then ensure your engine runs through the hours of darkness. Block off the air flow though and it puts extra pressure on all these organs; the brain has trouble deciphering the signals, the lungs are asking “where’s the air” and the heart is doing overtime to keep you going. Sleep apnea can stop you breathing for a good 30 seconds and if you don’t do something about it, well you will die in the end from it.

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Dreaming of death: Sleep Apnea in Central Leeds

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

There are some conditions in your mouth that are very obvious, come with instantly recognisable symptoms and hence, are easy to treat. Then there are some which are not so obvious and if left to carry on operating, will kill you in the end. One such killer is sleep apnea and the reason this is so difficult to identify at first is because it operates whilst you sleep. The people most likely to suffer from this in central Leeds are those whose have breathing problems; obese people for example, those who drink and smoke heavily, or people who have suffered from a heart condition or have had damage to their nervous system at some point in their lives. You see, when you go to sleep at night, you are at the mercy of your brain, heart and lungs and these three will work together to ensure you are taking enough air in to keep your system up and running. The brain sends signals through the nervous system for you to breathe and take air into your lungs. This oxygen is then pumped through your body, via your bloodstream, by your heart so that the cycle can start again. Block anyone of these however and the system starts to panic: each part of the cycle has to work harder and it places immense stress on your heart to keep going, which it won’t if it doesn’t have a regular supply of oxygen getting to it. This is sleep apnea and it can actually stop you breathing for up to 30 seconds at a time, causing incredible damage throughout. The only signs of it are tremendous fatigue throughout the day, and this breathing problem will also manifest itself in the way you breathe daily as well. You should ask your doctor for advice on sleep apnea if you feel that you may be at risk from it.

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The midnight villain: Sleep Apnoea in Leeds

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

It’s a scary thought, but there are things going on while you sleep in Leeds that you have no control over, may not even be aware of and yet could end up being the death of you. You can often take it for granted that you’re going to wake up in the morning and yet never question just how it happens, well here’s how. You’re breathing and blood flow is regulated by messages sent from the brain down to your lungs to take in air so that it enters the bloodstream, allowing the heart to push oxygen and blood around the body and back up into the brain for the next cycle- genius eh? Well it is, as long as all of these three characters are working healthily and not interfered with. As you get older though, they may well have suffered some trauma at some point: damage to the central nervous system, obesity, poor lifestyle or a heart attack can diminish the effectiveness of this midnight automation system and it may start to have problems, especially if you have trouble getting air into your windpipe regularly: now welcome to the dark world of sleep apnoea. This is the condition that arises when your system starts to fail because of the lack of oxygen and all three of the main players will start to panic as the system breaks down. It will start to leave you drowsy and fatigued during the day, affect your daytime breathing as well and in the end, your heart will give up trying.

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Sleep Apnea – Killing you gently in Central Leeds

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

The body has an incredible way of slipping itself into automatic and doing things that you may well be ignorant and oblivious to: sleep is a perfect example of this. Your heart brain and lungs work in perfect unison when you close your eyes at night, pushing air and blood silently around your system. The danger is though, it’s a healthy body that does this, obesity and an unhealthy lifestyle can chuck a spanner into the works and should any of this automated system become blocked, it places a big strain on the system as it tries hard to adjust- now you are running the gauntlet of sleep apnea…and it’s a killer in central Leeds. Over a long period of imbalance, the stresses of the system will become too much and it’s normally the heart that gives up first. A blockage to the air taken in through your mouth can cause the breathing to literally halt for up to 30 seconds and though you may be blissfully unaware whilst you sleep, the heart and brain panics- ‘where’s my air and blood?!!’ and then they have to put in an extra shift to fire you up again. In time, it your breathing will then become adjusted to this and you will soon be breathing to this new stressful regime during the day too: all the time, your heart will become overworked and fail. You will also find yourself moody and fatigued. Only by seeing your dentist and doctor will you be able to undergo monitored sleep therapy and be able to tackle the problem. The scary thing is though being able to identify it in the first place.

 

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