Sleep Disorders

Sleep Conditions are a group of conditions differentiated by disruption in the patient's extent of sleep, quality or timing of sleep, or in activities or physiological conditions linked with sleep. There are about 80 distinctive sleep disorders. The condition is serious when it hampers social life, and causes emotional stress.

Snoring is caused when the body loses muscle tone. The soft tissues in the tongue, palate, uvula, and the pharyngeal wall collapse gradually shutting off the airways passage. As air is forced out through the restricted passage it causes the soft tissues to vibrate, causing snoring sound.

Central Sleep Apnea is a serious condition that requires close medical attention. There is no closure of the airways passage because of loss of muscle tone during sleep which causes snoring. For some reason the signals from the brain either get lost or do not reach the respiratory muscles to function. As a result the person stops breathing.