Sleep apnea is a terribly disrupting condition that affects far too many Americans — some 22 million Americans suffer from the condition, actually. And sleep apnea doesn’t just disrupt your sleep. When you can’t get in a full, uninterrupted seven or eight hours every night, it leads to extreme daytime fatigue and starts to feel like poor sleep is interfering with your whole life.
Does that sound familiar?
Unfortunately, it’s estimated that up to 80 percent of moderate to severe cases of sleep apnea go undiagnosed. The only way to change that statistic is to increase awareness of the condition — and that means informing our patients about its symptoms and treatments. Read on to learn a little bit more about sleep apnea, and what you can do about it.
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