Sleep Apnea Sleep Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Sleep apnea is characterized by the absence of breathing for short periods during sleep. There are several types but the most common is due to upper airway obstruction, resulting in frequent waking and daytime tiredness. Snoring often accompanies this disorder. Daytime sleepiness is often the only symptom since many patients don't realize they are waking at night. Diagnosis is usually made at a sleep disorders clinic. A device to assist with breathing during the night will often alleviate the symptoms. This disorder can often occur in older, adult males and may be associated with overweight.

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• American Sleep Apnea Organization - Information on reducing injury, disability, and death from sleep apnea.
  
• Help Me Breath - Benjamin is documenting his experience with battling insurance companies to get a bipap machine. He tells about living with sleep apnea and growing up with. it.
  
• CPAP Talk - Find support, encouragement, and advice about sleep apnea.
  
• CPAP.co.uk - Community website offering sleep apnea patients and CPAP users a place with information about their disorder. Includes FAQs, blogs, forums, news, events and sleep clinic maps.
  
• Sleep Apneacs - Explains sleep apnea with diagrams and detailed literature on how to treat it. Find out how you can be tested today.
  
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea - A check list of symptoms that should help you determine whether or not you might be a victim.
  
• Snoring and Sleep Apnoea. Health factsheets from BUPA - Concise factsheet explaining the causes, symptoms and treatment of Snoring and Sleep Apnoea, available for downloading in Adobe Acrobat format.
  
• SleepApneaInfo.com - A comprehensive resource for sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea, their families and physicians. Includes information on OSA risk factors, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment as well as the serious, associated health effects.
  
• Sleep Apnea Surgery - Dr. Kasey Li - Developed by a world renown surgeon, Dr. Kasey Li, for educational purposes. It provides in-depth information on the surgical treatment of sleep disordered breathing.
  
• Sleep Solutions - Snoring and sleep apnea resource center for consumers and physicians. At-home patient diagnostic and treatment services for sleep-disordered breathing.
  
• Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis and Treatment - Informs about the treatments and the sleep lab. By Jill Merrill, DDS, Medical College of Wisconsin Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
  
• Sleepless Nights Lead to Poor Functioning During the Day - Information about the three types of sleep apnea and the major causes. By Jill Merrill, DDS.
  
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Quiz - A quiz to help parents see if their child has symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, like loud snoring and problems at school.
  
• HealthLINK MCW: Snoring Sends a Serious Signal - Find an article about snoring, often a symptom of progressive sleep apnea syndrome, a disorder that can have serious effects on health.
  
• Quiet Sleep - Information resource for dentists and patients on snoring and sleep apnea, with information about oral appliance therapy, treatment options and available dentists.
  
• Sleep Apnoea - Information about a support group based in North West Wales, including past and forthcoming events. Also offers some basic information. [English/Welsh]
  
• AskMen.com - Includes information and tips on preventing snoring.
  
• Injection Snoreplasty - A new procedure for the treatment of snoring. This resource page gives information and links to journal research on this procedure.
  
• Sleep Apnea Clinic - Information and links on the Klearway Appliance, an extensively researched appliance treating snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
  
• A.P.N.E.A. Network - Sleep Apnea patient help, news, and information source.
  
• SleepNet Corporation - Fact sheet about this serious, potentially life-threatening condition that is far more common than generally understood. Symptoms and treatment information.
  
• Apnea Board - An open, non-profit discussion forum devoted exclusively to sleep apnea patients.
  
• Facts About Sleep Apnea - Symptoms, causes and treatment.
  
• Facial Reconstructive Surgical and Medical Center - One method for treatment of this disorder.
  
• Health Link MCW - An article about the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
  
• CPAP Society - Features a weblog covering sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, cpap stories, insomnia, sleep walking and talking, dreams, myths and legends. By Daniel, an OSA sufferer.
  
• SleepHelpUSA - Offers general information, including symptoms, risks and treatments. Includes lists of professionals and health centers.
  
• Overview of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Information , links and an audio of the sound of this disorder.
  
• A Doctor with Sleep Apnea Reviews Recent Research for Fellow Patients - Information and research reports.
  
• EndSnor, LLC - Features an adjustable mandibular repositioning appliance researched and developed for patient treatment by John W. Feaster, DDS, F.A.D.I. Find a FAQs, and articles and research.
  
• Sleep Data - Features details about home-based diagnostic testing for sleep apnea syndrome.
  
• Central New Jersey A.W.A.K.E. - Information about sleep apnea, links to other apnea-related sites, brief articles on living with this disorder, and Central New Jersey AWAKE's meetings and events.
  
• Sleep Apnea Society of Alberta - Information and support for patients with respiratory disorders of sleep.
  
• Articles on Sleep Disorders - Articles about sleep apnea and other sleep disorders.
  
• Sleep Apnea - From the American Academy of Family Physicians
  
• High Blood Pressure and Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Contains resources and tools including a symptom checklist.
  
• Snoring Treatment Homepage - Overview of anatomy and physiology of snoring and sleep apnea syndrome. A review of current medical and surgical treatments available to help correct both conditions.
  
• John Nozum's Sleep Apnea - A personal account with a stubborn battle with "Mr. Sleep Apnea", ways that it is treated, and information on tracheostomies.
  
• OSA Online - A non commercial site, providing information and resources about obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA).
  
• Sleepdentist.ca - Provides information on snoring and sleep apnea, and on oral appliance treatments for these disorders.
  
  

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