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London dentist breaks link between sleep apnea and heart failure
Sleep apnea is a condition that causes patients’ breathing to be interrupted many times during the night on several nights of the week. It has also been found to thicken blood vessels and increase the risk of many forms of cardiovascular disease. It can be particularly dangerous in patients who…
READ ARTICLEConcerned about central sleep apnea? See a Central London dentist
Sleep apnea is a condition that causes interruption of breathing during sleep. Many sufferers of sleep apnea are completely unaware that they have to condition because it happens when they sleep. There are two variants of sleep apnea that are caused by different areas of the body. Obstructive Sleep Apnea…
READ ARTICLERelief from sleep apnea at London dentist
The word ‘apnea’ comes from the Greek for ‘without breath’, so in its most basic form sleep apnea means ‘sleep without breath’. It occurs in three forms called obstructive, central and mixed. Obstructive is by far the most common form of the condition but in all cases the condition means…
READ ARTICLECity of London dentist successfully treats sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition that occurs during sleep where the patient actually stops breathing. This can happen hundreds of times throughout the night. Even more incredibly is the fact that most people who suffer from sleep apnea rarely know they suffer from the condition. Most people only become aware…
READ ARTICLESleep apnea combated by oral appliance from City of London dentist
Sleep apnea is often confused with, or passed off as, simply snoring. This is not the case. Snoring is the noise associated with breathing during sleep, whereas sleep apnea is actually the sound of someone choking after having stopped breathing. Incredibly 90 per cent of sufferers from sleep apnea have…
READ ARTICLESleep apnea cured by appliance from London dentist
Sleep apnea is a fairly serious sleeping disorder that is caused when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People who suffer from sleep apnea actually stop breathing repeatedly during sleep, as many as hundreds of times a night. Sleep apnea is often confused with snoring which is not the…
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