Sleep apnea is a condition that causes you to stop breathing while you’re sleeping. This happens due to either blockage of your airway OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) or because the brain doesn’t send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing CSA (central sleep apnea). The resulting lack of oxygen activates a survival reflex that wakes you up just enough to resume breathing. At a minimum, a pause in breathing for 10 seconds is required for the event to be documented during sleep testing. While the reflex keeps you alive, it also interrupts your sleep cycle.
Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) is a highly prevalent condition that is associated with significant morbidity. The causes of EDS are varied, and include inadequate sleep, sleep disordered breathing, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, and central disorders of hypersomnolence (narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia).
Insomnia can make it hard to fall asleep, hard to stay asleep, or cause you to wake up too early and not be able to get back to sleep. These disruptions of sleep can have an impact on how you feel and function during the day.
Movement disorders are characterized by body movements that delay sleep onset or disrupt sleep and contribute to excessive daytime sleepiness.
Parasomnias are a sub-category sleep disorder. They involve abnormal movements | activities | behaviors | emotions | perceptions | dreams | that occur while falling asleep, during sleep, between sleep stages, or upon waking. Approximately 90% of the population will experience a parasomnia during their lifetime.
A condition that causes you to wake up during the night to urinate. Nocturia can be triggered by underlying health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). OSA repeatedly reduces airflow and oxygen levels during sleep and influences hormones in a way that increases urine production. In addition, people with OSA have frequent sleep interruptions, so they are more likely to notice the need to urinate.
Symptoms of nocturia can include:
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