Is it Sleep Apnea or Just Snoring?

If you snore heavily, you may have already heard about Sleep Apnea, and haven’t yet figured out if you have it or not…

The confusion comes from the fact that snoring is one of the more obvious signs of Sleep Apnea, yet not everybody who snores have Sleep Apnea.

Sleep Apnea is considered a life-threatening sleep disorder. Although it is quite common (about 10% of the population), most people who have it will never know about it their entire life.

While asleep, people with Sleep Apnea stop breathing for periods of 10 seconds of more, sometimes up to hundreds of times a night. These pauses in oxygen supply to the brain put them at high risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.

If you have Sleep Apnea, some of the symptoms you may be experiencing are:
- Excessive Night Sweating.
- Excessive tiredness and daytime sleepiness, even after “enough” sleep.
- Waking up suddenly chocking or gasping for air.
- Waking up with headache.

If you think you’re “just snoring”, you should know that snoring can develop into Sleep Apnea, and therefore shouldn’t be taken lightly.

Besides, the fact that you snore means that your sleep is not as sound as it could be. In other words, both Sleep Apnea and snoring can severely damage the quality of your sleep (as well as your partner’s).

The best way to find out if you have Sleep Apnea is to get yourself checked. A doctor may recommend an oral appliance (mouthpiece), or an air mask, known as CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure). Rarely, the solution is surgery.

However, in most cases it’s possible to deal with either snoring or mild cases of Sleep Apnea relatively easily…

I had personally suffered from heavy snoring and excessive night sweating for many years. To be honest, I never went to the doctor about it. I “cured” it by myself…

Visit A-Sleep.com to find out How I Cured My Snoring and Night Sweating.