Do you have any similar issues?, Huo Qigang has been diagnosed with "sleep apnea" OSA | Sleep | Huo Qigang
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43 year old Huo Qi has just been diagnosed with
Severe insomnia and moderate sleep apnea
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He said in an interview that although he goes to bed very early, he is awakened by his snoring around 4am every day, and then cannot sleep or wakes up frequently. Even if he sleeps for 7 hours, he still feels very tired.
In fact, there are many patients with the same disease around us who have been troubled by sleep problems.
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Liu Wenjuan, Deputy Chief Physician of the Sleep Medicine Department at Zhejiang University Jingzhong, gave a deep interpretation of the disease "Sleep Apnea Syndrome".
What exactly is sleep apnea syndrome?
Sleep apnea syndrome is a common sleep breathing disorder, which refers to the phenomenon of airway obstruction, frequent occurrence of respiratory pauses and hypopnea during sleep. Its pathogenesis may be complete or incomplete upper airway obstruction, and its clinical manifestations, like Huo Qigang, may include nighttime snoring, frequent awakenings, decreased sleep quality, and daytime drowsiness. Some severe individuals may also experience daytime sleepiness, decreased memory, and emotional changes.
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Why should sleep apnea syndrome be taken seriously?
Current surveys show that the incidence rate of the disease is about 22% in men and 17% in women, which is higher in obese people and the elderly, reaching 20-40%. Approximately 34% and 17% of middle-aged men and women worldwide meet the diagnostic criteria of OSA; Among the global population aged 30-69, there are 936 million OSA patients, including 425 million moderate to severe patients.
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