Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most familiar type of sleep apnea. Apnea exactly translates as "cessation of breathing" which means that during sleep your breathing stops periodically during the night for a few seconds. These mistakes in breathing can happen about ten seconds or more and some case it can happen up to hundreds of times a night.
OSA is happen by blockage of upper respiratory airways. It either because of the failure of throat muscles, the tongue falls back into the airway or swollen tonsils or adenoids block the air flow. When your airway is block, the brain has to generate itself to signal the respiratory system to kick back into gear. This usually leads to breathing continue with loud gasps, snorts or body jerks that
OSA is happen by blockage of upper respiratory airways. It either because of the failure of throat muscles, the tongue falls back into the airway or swollen tonsils or adenoids block the air flow. When your airway is block, the brain has to generate itself to signal the respiratory system to kick back into gear. This usually leads to breathing continue with loud gasps, snorts or body jerks that