Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

The most common condition requiring treatment is Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) which is a type of snoring associated with stopping breathing during sleep. All sufferers from OSA were once pure snorers who have worsened with age!

Sufferers from snoring and OSA do NOT wake themselves up because of the noise they are making. They wake because of the reduction in the quality of their breathing which results from the snoring and apnoea.

Often, sufferers do not wake from sleep completely, but are repeatedly aroused into very light sleep which is inadequate. This can happen in both sleep apnoea and in snoring This causes a lack of morning refreshment and daytime sleepiness in both patients and their bed partners.
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OSA lies at the end of a spectrum of snoring which has become increasingly worse through adulthood. The typical patient with OSA is overweight, under exercised and leads a sedentary lifestyle at work and home.

OSA matters for 2 reasons social consequences and health consequences