Apnoea

Among the most prevalent sleep-oriented disorders is obstructive sleep apnoea, which is characterised by airway collapse behind the tongue. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Apart from ruining your relationship, snoring can be a sign of obstructive sleep apnoea. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A recent study from Israel of over 2,000 people with sleep apnoea found that just over half only snored when lying on their backs. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence stipulate that if a person has a body mass index of 40 or more and has sleep apnoea or type 2 diabetes, they should qualify for the operation on the NHS. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Ken Russell high risk apparently and much footage of him snoring, so that rules in sleep apnoea as one possible cause. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Children who were very overweight faced psychological and social problems and were at greater risk of type 2 diabetes, sleep apnoea, asthma and heart disease later in life. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Whereas Rosie obviously has to stand in front of doctors and industry specialists, keeping a serious face with Comic Sans illustrating her points on obstructive sleep apnoea and the physiology of sleep. ❋ Unknown (2006)

July 2004: Linnea has sleep apnoea - that is, she stops breathing. ❋ Ailbhe (2005)

Sleep apnoea and the misuse of evidence-based medicine. ❋ Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier (2000)

In these children every burst of crying, however produced, whether by a fall, by a fright, by the entrance of a stranger, or by a visit to a doctor, is apt to be ushered in by a long period of apnoea, due to spasm of the glottis and of the diaphragm. ❋ Hector Charles Cameron (N/A)

In the worst cases, when the apnoea lasts a very long time, there may be convulsive twitching of the muscles of the face, or the attack may even terminate in general convulsions. ❋ Hector Charles Cameron (N/A)

Fortunately in all save the rarest possible instances the apnoea yields and a deep inspiratory movement follows. ❋ Hector Charles Cameron (N/A)

Facial muscles, twitching of associated with apnoea ❋ Hector Charles Cameron (N/A)

That the apnoea in these extremely rare instances should end fatally produces a difficult position for the doctor. ❋ Hector Charles Cameron (N/A)

Deficiency of oxygen is the cause of apnoea, and sometimes the red corpuscles themselves are so few, worn out, or destroyed, that they cannot carry sufficient oxygen, and the consequence is that the patient becomes short of breath, and when a fatal degeneration of the corpuscles ensues, he dies of asphyxia. ❋ Ray Vaughn Pierce (1877)

Prof Wittert said shift workers also experienced health problems including higher fat and sugar levels, while men with sleep apnoea were more than likely obese and also had a low income. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Obstructive sleep apnoea is a respiratory condition in which the throat repeatedly narrows or closes during sleep, stopping air getting into the lungs and momentarily waking the person up. ❋ Unknown (2011)