Face Center LA – Sleep Apnea
Before making a decision on sleep apnea surgery or sleep apnea devices, it is imperative that the disorder sleep apnea is clearly understood. An apnea is a period where breathing stops or where breathing is shallow and reduced and in simple terms, a sleep apnea is when a person stops breathing for a period of 10 seconds or more. Even though this sounds terrifying, sleep apnea is a very common disorder in adults; however, a very rare disorder in children. The good news is that in most cases sleep apnea can be treated either by surgery or by way of other types of non-surgical treatment and sleep apnea devices. The Face Center LA is able to help those who suffer with sleep apnea and before deciding to have surgery to alleviate the symptoms or the conditions of sleep apnea, the Face Center LA will discuss at length the various symptoms and causes of sleep apnea and to this end, the correct course of action will be determined to correct sleep apnea. In a lot of cases, sleep apnea usually occurs in adults who have underlying medical conditions and to correctly assess the severity of the sleep apnea, the patient will need to be monitored overnight. The decision to undergo surgery must never be taken lightly and medical doctors will first determine if there are other root causes for the sleep apnea. Sleep apnea may be caused by certain medications, high altitude or underlying heart conditions.
Sleep apnea causes disturbance during deep REM sleep and because of the patients inability to breath, a shallow level of sleep will follow and since the deep REM is vital, the sleep apnea sufferer will continually feel lethargic and sleep deprived as they will not be getting deep REM sleep. The Face Center LA will advise that their patients explore all the options in terms of treating and relieving sleep apnea and surgery should be a last resort, only after the number of non-surgical options have been explored. Face Center LA will suggest many non-surgical alternatives for sleep apnea and these include medications, dental devices, as well as behavioral changes. Since all types of surgery, sleep apnea surgery has many risks attached and at times, the sleep apnea surgery will not always be successful.
CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, has shown to have positive side affects for treating sleep apnea. The CPAP will keep the airway open using a dental device. If, however, sleep apnea sufferers believe that the device is uncomfortable and they believe that surgery is the only means that will correct sleep apnea, the surgeries which are carried out will include tongue reductions, hyoid suspension, palate implants and nasal airway surgery. The success of treating sleep apnea is not always guaranteed, but surgery must not be rushed into as there are a number of risks with sleep apnea surgery, and these include problems with swallowing and a change in voice, and because the surgery requires that patients go under anesthetic, this can be risky for a lot of patients. Feel free to explore the alternatives for sleep apnea via the Face Center LA website, www.facecenterla.com.
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