Sleep Apnea
Do you suffer from sleep apnea?
Each night, sleep apnea stops approximately 12 million Americans
from getting a good night’s rest. Untreated, sleep apnea,
causes people to stop breathing repeated through the night
and negatively affect the quality of life during waking hours.
Fortunately, sleep apnea can be treated, and Dr. Sheila Jahan
is a specialist in the area of sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment.
There are three types of apnea: obstructive sleep apnea,
central sleep apnea, and mixed sleep
apnea. In all three, people with untreated sleep apnea
stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds
of times during the night and often for a minute or longer.
Obstructive sleep apnea is caused by a blockage of the airway,
usually when the soft tissue in the rear of the throat collapses
and closes during sleep. In central sleep apnea, the airway
is not blocked but the brain fails to signal the muscles to
breathe. Mixed sleep apnea, as the name implies, is a combination
of the two. With each sleep apnea event, the brain briefly
arouses people with sleep apnea in order for them to resume
breathing, but consequently sleep is extremely fragmented
and of poor quality.
Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure and other
cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency,
and headaches. Moreover, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible
for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately,
sleep apnea can be diagnosed and treated. Several treatment
options exist, and Dr. Jahan and her staff specialize in treating
this disease. Dr. Jahan has been treating neurological disorders,
including sleep apnea, for more than a decade, and she employs
on staff a sleep consultant board certified in pulmonary and
sleep medicine. Your nights of unrest are over!
Sleep apnea treatment
If you are experiencing sleepiness during the day, loud snoring
or pauses in breathing during sleep or any other sleeping
difficulties, make an appointment to discuss these problems
with Dr. Jahan today. Your sleep apnea is treatable!
Dr. Jahan will evaluate your sleep apnea problem and can offer
the best treatment available. Make your appointment today
and get a great night’s sleep tonight. You’ll thank yourself
tomorrow.
Dr. Jahan is a highly educated. She is a board-certified
clinical neurologist by the American Academy of Neurological
and Orthopedic Surgery. She is board-certified in clinical
neurology, and maintains memberships in all American neurological
subspecialty associations and the European Federation of Neurological
Societies.
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