If You Grind Your Teeth at Night You May Have Sleep Apnea
If you’ve been grinding your teeth overnight (bruxism) you should undergo testing for obstructive sleep apnea. Left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to very serious health problems. Read more…
Headache Every Morning? Could Be Lack of Oxygen to Your Brain
If you’ve been waking up every morning with a headache, this is less likely from a brain tumor and more likely from your brain not getting enough oxygen. Read more…
Sleep Apnea: How a Dentist Can Help You Get Real Rest at Night
Sometimes a dentist can create a perfect solution to a patient’s obstructive sleep apnea. Many people wonder if they have obstructive sleep apnea, especially if they never feel recharged from sleeping or wake up in Read more...
Why Do So Few Family Doctors Screen for Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is one of the most misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed medical conditions because so many doctors just don’t suspect this common disorder when patients present with its troubling symptoms. Read more…
Why You Stop Breathing Right As You’re Falling Asleep
You settle comfortably in bed and are halfway between wakefulness and falling sleep when suddenly you realize you’ve stopped breathing: You’re gasping for breath, trying to get in air. The episode lasts only a second Read more...
Percentage of People Who Don’t Improve with CPAP and Why
How many people with sleep apnea do not improve despite using a CPAP machine and why does this occur? After all, CPAP therapy is the gold standard treatment for sleep apnea with a highly effective Read more...
Waking up Gasping for Air: Heart Problem, Cancer or Apnea?
You abruptly wake up from sleep gasping, feeling like you haven’t taken a breath for a whole minute. Is this your heart? Could it be cancer or sleep apnea? Read more…
Can Sleep Apnea Cause Chest Pain at Night?
If you’re having chest pain at night in bed, it sure would be more reassuring to know it’s from sleep apnea than a heart attack or heart disease. Those who’ve never been tested for sleep Read more...
What Is Transitional Sleep Apnea?
The transitional form of sleep apnea is quite alarming and frightening, making people think that they’ll need a CPAP machine for the rest of their life. Read more…
Short or Long Duration Sleep Can Rapidly Age the Heart
You can’t win: If you sleep too little, or too long, this will be associated with excess aging of your heart. Read more…
Waking Up and Can’t Breathe, Plus Burning in Throat
The twist on this is the accompanying burning throat that comes with waking up in the middle of the night struggling to breathe. Usually when someone awakens gasping for breath, that’s their only symptom. Read more...
How Bad Is More than 10 Hours of Sleep for Your Health?
If you’re getting over 10 hours of sleep a night, your health needs to be re-evaluated, as sleeping this much may be bad news. The effects differ between men and women. BMC Public Health (June Read more...
Two Medical Conditions that Can Make TMJ Worse
There are common two medical conditions in particular that can make TMJ disorder a lot worse. Temporomandibular joint disorder symptoms are bad enough without some other medical condition amplifying them. Read Read more...
Can Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cause TMJ Disorder?
You know that TMJ disorder can cause obstructive sleep apnea… But what about the other way around: Can temporomandibular joint problems lead to obstructive sleep apnea? Read more…
Why Don’t Oral Appliances Work As Well As CPAP?
Seems that a mandibular advancement device (MAD) would keep the airway open continuously, yet this oral appliance is no match for CPAP when it comes to obstructive sleep apnea of moderate to severe degree. Read more...
Can a Fit, Trim Athletic Person Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
You should never assume that you can’t possibly have obstructive sleep apnea just because you’re lean, buff and compete in triathlons or CrossFit. Read more…
Can Night Sweats Be Caused by TMJ Disorder?
Before you panic that your night sweats are caused by lymphoma or HIV, there’s a possibility they’re caused by TMJ disorder. Night sweats can be bad enough to require changing one's clothes. “Patients with TMJ Read more...
All the Kinds of Tongue Problems TMJ Disorder Causes
TMJ problems affect the tongue, though more serious conditions can also cause symptoms involving the tongue such as cancer or a neurological disease Read more…
Can TMJ Disorder Cause an Ear to Clog During Sleep?
“The reason a TMJ disorder can cause ears to clog during sleep is the same reason it can cause ears to clog while awake,” says a dentist who specializes in the treatment of temporomandibular joint Read more...
Can TMJ Disorder Cause Sleep Apnea or Make It Worse?
Have you been diagnosed with both TMJ disorder and sleep apnea and are wondering if the TMJ problem is causing or aggravating your sleep apnea? Read more…
How Many Elderly Have Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is one of the most under diagnosed conditions in elderly people, and you can only imagine how many misdiagnoses involve sleep apnea – the elderly patient is told he or she has an Read more...
CPAP and Itching Nose: Causes and Solutions
An itching nose is a common complaint among CPAP users, but there are ways to prevent this most annoying situation. CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure. Complying to CPAP use is difficult enough for Read more...
Can CPAP Therapy Pressure or Noise Cause Hearing Loss?
It’s understandable if a CPAP user is concerned about the machine’s noise or pressure causing hearing loss. Read more…
What Is Provent?
For some people with obstructive sleep apnea who can’t tolerate CPAP machines, Provent may be a godsend. Just how does Provent work? Provent is an FDA approved treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. This nasal device Read more...
How Much Can Cannabis Really Treat Sleep Apnea?
Is cannabis the new buzzword for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea or is there really some merit to this as a treatment option for CPAP-intolerant patients? Read more…
Can Insulin Resistance from Poor Sleep Be Reversed Easily ?
Poor sleep can lead to insulin resistance, which is a progenitor of type 2 diabetes. There are several things you can do to reverse insulin resistance that’s caused by or made worse by poor sleep—as Read more...
Causes of Baseline High Blood Pressure in 25-Year-Old
How is it that a person as young as 25 could have a baseline blood pressure that’s high, meaning at least 140 for the top number and over 90 for the bottom number? Read more...
Can a Sleep Disorder Be Causing Your Child’s ADHD?
If your child’s been diagnosed with ADHD, you should first have a sleep study done on them before you start doling out the ADHD drugs. When adults don't get enough sleep, the most obvious symptom Read more...
Why You Shouldn’t Be Screened for Sleep Apnea if You Don’t Have Symptoms
The latest now is that if you don’t have symptoms of sleep apnea, you should not be screened for this common condition. Current evidence goes against sleep apnea screening as part of routine annual physicals. Read more...
Can Sleep Apnea Really Cause a Lot of Peeing Overnight?
Let’s put this to rest once and for all: Peeing overnight is clearly linked to untreated sleep apnea. Though studies linking untreated sleep apnea to having to get up in the middle of the night Read more...
Untreated Sleep Apnea vs. Excessive Sitting: Which Is Worse?
Excessive sitting can do a number on the body, including the heart, but so can untreated sleep apnea. Let’s compare prolonged sitting to sleep apnea and see which one comes out ahead – in terms Read more...
Why Can’t CPAP Bring AHI Down to Zero All Night?
Are you concerned that your AHI keeps showing as two, three or four despite doing everything possible to ensure your CPAP is working right? It’s a fair question: Why don’t CPAP machines deliver an AHI Read more...
Waking up Every Hour with CPAP: Causes & Solutions
There are quite a few causes for waking up every hour or so despite compliance with CPAP therapy. If this is happening to you, the obvious approach is to first identify if there are any Read more...
Nocturia Continues after CPAP Therapy: Cause & Solution
You’re now on CPAP for the sleep apnea that’s been causing endless overnight trips to the john, but doggone it, you still suffer from nocturia. Read more…
How Long Can You Have Untreated Sleep Apnea Without Damage?
You know that untreated sleep apnea can cause cardiovascular damage including heart disease and failure, but how long must OSA go untreated to cause these problems? Read more…
Can Menopause Cause You to Pee Repeatedly Overnight?
Are you up two, three and even four times a night having to pee even though you withhold drinking fluids hours before bedtime? Menopause is often a first thought as to the cause when a Read more...
How to Brace for a Sleep Apnea Diagnosis & Treatment
Save yourself endless hours of online research about sleep apnea treatment and being overwhelmed; here’s what you need to know to effectively face head-on what you know is coming. Read more…
When Sleep Apnea Occurs Only when Falling Asleep
Why is it that the only apnea episodes that awaken you are the ones that occur just as you’re falling asleep? Is this caused by a collapsing airway that then becomes rigid and allows you Read more...
Five Things Never to Say to Someone with Sleep Apnea
Here are 5 things that you should never say to someone who has sleep apnea – which, by the way, you yourself might have! After all, sleep apnea is one of the most underdiagnosed medical Read more...
Severe Menopausal Hot Flashes Linked to Sleep Problems
As if suffering from severe hot flashes wasn’t enough, these are linked to a serious sleep disorder in which the airway is repeatedly blocked during the night: obstructive sleep apnea. Read Read more...