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Six Signs of Sleep Apnoea

Saturday, June 20th, 2015

4443553_blogSleep apnoea is a sleep disorder that can potentially be very serious. It causes disrupted breathing as a result of the airway becoming blocked when you sleep. If you’re suffering from sleepless nights and you’re not sure why, here are six signs of sleep apnoea to look out for:

  1. Gasping for breath and shortness of breath: if you struggle to breathe while you are asleep, you may find that you wake yourself up gasping for air and experience shortness of breath. Your partner may also spot this if you fail to wake up.
  2. Snoring: snoring is not the same as sleep apnoea, but it is often symptomatic of the disorder, particularly in cases where snoring is loud and persistent.
  3. Loud, heavy breathing: sleep apnoea makes it difficult to breathe and this often means that breathing sounds heavy and laboured.
  4. Feeling tired during the day: sleep apnoea disrupts sleep, which affects your quality and quantity of sleep and may make you feel tired and lethargic during the day. Often, people who have sleep apnoea feel like they’ve not slept well when they wake up in the morning.
  5. Night sweats: waking during the night needing to urinate and night sweats may be symptomatic of sleep apnoea.
  6. Headaches: headaches, particularly in the morning, may be a sign of sleep apnoea.

Treating sleep apnoea

In many cases, there are lifestyle factors that contribute to sleep apnoea and making positive changes such as losing weight, doing more frequent exercise, giving up smoking and cutting down alcohol intake during the evening can help. We also provide custom-made devices to open up the airway while you sleep. These appliances, known as mandibular advancement devices, move the lower jaw forward slightly, which ensures the airway remains open and increases airflow.

If you recognise some of the symptoms listed above and you think you may have sleep apnoea, call us today to book an appointment.

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How to Identify the Symptoms of Sleep Apnoea

Friday, May 8th, 2015

4443553_blogIf you struggle with breathing difficulties while you sleep, you may have sleep apnoea. This sleep disorder can prevent you and those around from enjoying a good night’s sleep, but help is at hand. Here are some tips to help you recognise the signs and symptoms of sleep apnoea and some treatment options you may wish to consider:

Spotting the signs of sleep apnoea

Sleep apnoea is a disorder that affects your ability to breathe normally when you sleep. It is causes you to become short of breath and results from the airway becoming obstructed. The airway becomes blocked because the muscles in the throat relax. Apnoea is diagnosed when the airway is blocked for 10 seconds or longer.

Sometimes, the symptoms of sleep apnoea are difficult to notice and in many cases they may be spotted by your partner. The most common signs of sleep apnoea include:

  • gasping for breath
  • snoring (often loudly)
  • breathing very heavily
  • interrupted breathing

You may also find that you wake up regularly during the night and you feel tired in the daytime. It’s common for those with sleep apnoea to suffer from tiredness during the day and to wake up feeling like they haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Sleep apnoea may also contribute to a heightened risk of complications including depression, loss of libido, loss of memory and difficulty with concentration.

In severe cases, sleep apnoea can be fatal and it requires treatment. If you think you may have sleep apnoea, you should arrange to see your GP or your dentist.

Treating sleep apnoea

In minor cases of sleep apnoea, you can often reduce or even eliminate symptoms by making lifestyle changes. The main risk factors for sleep apnoea are drinking alcohol, smoking and being overweight. Losing weight by adopting a healthy diet and exercising, avoid alcohol in the evenings and quitting smoking can all make a massive difference to overall health, a swell as sleep apnoea symptoms. We can also provide mandibular advancement devices, which are appliances that keep the airway open by moving the lower jaw forward slightly.

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How to Tell if You Have Sleep Apnoea

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

4443553_blogAt City Dental Leeds, we don’t just have your smile in mind. We also provide a range of treatments to boost your health and wellbeing, including treatment for bruxism, TMJ disorder, snoring and sleep apnoea.

What is sleep apnoea?

Sleep apnoea is a disorder that occurs when the airway becomes blocked while you are asleep. This causes breathing to be interrupted and oxygen flow into the body to be reduced. In severe cases, sleep apnoea can be life-threatening. The term apnoea applies to periods of 10 seconds or longer when the airway is completed obstructed.

How do I know if I have sleep apnoea?

Sleep apnoea is not the same as snoring. However, frequent snoring can be a sign of sleep apnoea. Other possible symptoms include struggling for breath while you sleep, gasping for air, feeling tired and like you haven’t had a good sleep when you wake up and heavy breathing. Sometimes, it may be other people who point out symptoms, as you may not be aware of them while you are semi-conscious.

Other possible signs of sleep apnoea include night sweats and waking up during the night on a frequent basis to urinate.

Risk factors for sleep apnoea

The main risk factors for sleep apnoea include:

  • being overweight or obese
  • drinking alcohol
  • smoking
  • having a large neck circumference
  • age: people who are aged over 40 years old have a higher risk of sleep apnoea
  • gender: males are more likely to suffer from sleep apnoea than females
  • taking some types of medication, including sleeping tablets

Treating sleep apnoea

There are various options available for people who have sleep apnoea, from basic lifestyle changes to using breathing apparatus during the night. In mild cases, making positive lifestyle choices and minor changes to your bedtime routine can help to reduce symptoms, while in more severe cases, ongoing treatment may be required. We are able to provide patients with custom-made appliances that help to keep the airway open during the night.

If you think you may have sleep apnoea, call now and make an appointment.

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Saying So-Long to Sleep Apnoea

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

4443553_blogIf snoring or sleep apnoea are making life tough, we can help.

What is sleep apnoea?

Sleep apnoea is a condition that affects breathing when you sleep. It causes the airway to become blocked as a result of the muscles in the throat relaxing, narrowing the airway. Apnoea is a term relating to obstructed breathing periods of 10 seconds or longer, which are caused by the airway being completely blocked.

Sleep apnoea affects people in different ways, but in severe cases it can be life-threatening. If you struggle to breathe during the night and this poses a risk to your health, you may be advised to wear a mask during the night to ensure that your body gets the oxygen it needs.

How can we help?

In more minor cases of sleep apnoea, it may be possible to reduce symptoms and improve breathing by making lifestyle changes or using devices that facilitate air flow when you sleep.

Most cases of sleep apnoea are related to body weight. Being overweight increases your risk of developing sleep apnoea because excess fat in the neck increases pressure on the muscles in the throat and excess fat around the waist makes breathing more difficult. Smoking, drinking alcohol and taking some types of medication can also be risk factors. In some cases, making changes to your diet and exercise, giving up smoking, avoiding heavy drinking and avoiding drinking during the evening can improve symptoms. We are able to offer advice and information about making these changes and will be happy to help.

We can also provide devices that adjust the position of the jaw while you sleep and help to increase air flow. Mandibular advancement appliances move the lower jaw forward slightly to prevent blockage and increase the amount of oxygen reaching the lungs.

If you’re struggling to sleep, don’t suffer in silence. Call now to book an appointment.

 

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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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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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The Connection between your Heart and Sleep Apnoea on Leeds

Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Sleep is one of the rare times in our hectic lives inLeedswhen we get a chance to recuperate from a hectic day in the city and get ourselves ready for the next day- and so it goes on. But it does rely on the fact that we are in perfect working order throughout and we live a healthy regime. Sleep apnoea is a condition though that preys on anything that goes wrong in the body. If you are a serial drinker or smoker, on medication, obese or have suffered damage to your nervous system at some point, you may well suffer from this condition. When we sleep at night, we need air into the lungs to ensure that the rest of our body functions correctly but if this is blocked in any manner what-so-ever, it will interfere with the natural breathing process between the brain, lungs and heart. The brain delivers messages to the heart to keep going and pump blood around the body. This in turn returns the favor by keeping the lungs going by pumping oxygen back into the brain. Take out the oxygen and the whole system breaks down. Irregular breathing during sleep trips up the heart and stops the other two. Yes, the body is resilient and will fight back- but only for so long and then the heart will stop. If you find yourself troubled with fatigue first thing in the morning and throughout the day, it means you are not sleeping right and getting enough air into yourself at night. Your dentist can supply you with the right device to help open the airways, but everything needs to change as well otherwise your body will refuse to co-operate.

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