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Art-01SLEEP APNEA AND MAGNETIC THERAPYBy Rosemary Skinner SRNWhat is sleep apnea? Is it common? Apnea means "without breath" or "want of breath". It has been estimated that more people suffer from apnea than suffer from diabetes. What all this means is that the sufferer stops breathing during the night, sometimes for a few seconds or even for a minute or more. Caused by a blockage of the airway, soft tissue collapsing, and also when the brain fails to tell the muscles to breath, or a combination of these. Why have we not heard about sleep apnea before? It was only recognized as a serious problem in the early 1960’s What are the symptoms? Snoring! If the sufferer is observed to stop breathing during the night. Easy to spot, he –invariably a he- stops snoring, which indicates that he has stopped breathing, often repeated many times during the night. This can result in all of the problems, many of them serious, associated with long term sleep deprivation. During the day symptoms would range from nodding off at inopportune moments, like when driving, to anxiety and depression. The major symptom is snoring. This hardly affects the sufferer but can even prevent the whole household from sleeping, giving them the same problems as the sufferer. Rosemary Skinner SRN |