Really can cause death, sleep apnea?
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There are three different types of sleep apnea. Obstructive, central and mixed.
Obstructive apnea occurs when there is a partial or complete airway obstruction by soft tissues in the back of the throat which can cause breathing through the seizure. This happens especially with the elderly and obese people.
In the case of central apnea in the brain no longer has the breath control, and there are gaps in breathing during sleep.This seizure was able to breathe for several seconds occur at a time.
People with mixed apnea suffer from both central and easy.
Sleep apnea can actually cause death?
In which case this state of the brain and the heart of 'oxygen deprived, and if this was for a long time and the amount of oxygen drops very low and increases carbon dioxide. The brain needs oxygen to survive and if there was no damage to the brain can putor even death. The same is true with your heart, you may begin to swell and could cause a heart attack and even death. Research shows that people who snore are more likely that the extraordinary development of sleep apnea.
Even people who suffer from sleep apnea feel very tired during the day and have the response time very slow. You can not answer quickly, things around them. This is a major cause of accidents, fires and accidental CO poisoning. Not all cases of thisCondition leads to death. With proper diagnosis and treatment, such as C-PAP machines can be completely managed and many victims live long.
