Symptoms of Sleep Apnea – Allen Park, MI

Do you struggle to feel well-rested despite sleeping all night? Maybe your spouse is annoyed with your chronic snoring? You are having just a couple of the signs of a common sleep disorder. Sleep apnea symptoms in Allen Park are quite diverse, so they can affect several areas of your life. As a result, you may attribute them to another issue, causing the sleep disorder to remain undiagnosed. Dr. Frank Stankiewicz will find the underlying cause of the symptoms to create a customized treatment plan to get the rest you need.

There are 3 types of sleep apnea, but the most common occurs from an obstruction in your airway, which affects at least 22 million Americans. Obstructive sleep apnea causes you to stop breathing frequently throughout the night with each event lasting potentially longer than one minute. The pauses occur from the soft tissues in the back of your throat and mouth collapsing to block your airways.

It can be difficult to detect the pauses in your breathing because they occur while you are asleep; however, that does not mean you will not have complications of the condition elsewhere in your life. In fact, you may experience:

• Loud, chronic snoring.
• Waking choking or gasping for air.
• Waking with a dry mouth or sore throat.
• Morning time headaches.
• Waking frequently throughout the night.
• Difficulty staying asleep.
• Excessing daytime sleepiness.
• Difficulty paying attention.
• Sleep deprivation.
• Loss of cognitive abilities.
• Memory loss.
• Irritability and mood swings.

If you do not see your dentist in Allen Park for treatment, you will develop additional complications of the disorder. Not only will your quality of life be impacted but also your general health. You will have a heightened risk of:

• High blood pressure.
• Heart attack.
• Heart failure.
• Irregular heartbeat.
• Worsening ADHD symptoms.

Overall, you will experience poor performance doing everyday activities, such as at work or school. You develop an increased risk of workplace and auto accidents because your cognitive abilities decline.

Sleep apnea can occur in anyone, but there are several factors that increase the likeliness for it occurring, such as:

• Excessive weight and fat deposits around the upper airway.
• Large neck circumference causing a narrowed airway.
• Tonsils or adenoids blocking the airways.
• Being male.
• Being older.
• Excessive use of alcohol, tranquilizers, or sedatives.
• Nasal congestion leading to mouth breathing.

If you experience the signs of sleep apnea, do not wait until it is too late to get the treatment you need. After an initial sleep study, Dr. Stankiewicz uses the information to create a personalized treatment plan to stop the pauses in your breathing while you sleep. He remains current in the latest treatments for sleep apnea to help you breathe easier to get the rest you need.

If you have symptoms of sleep apnea, contact our office today to schedule your consultation.