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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