Sleep disturbances are dangerous! How are we going to find out?

Original title: Sleep disorders are harmful! How are we going to find out?

Workers Daily-China Industrial Network reporter Lai Zhikai correspondent Bai Lin

There are about three One part of the time is spent in sleep. Like diet and exercise, sleep is also one of the indispensable basic life activities of human beings. Sleep disturbance not only seriously affects the quality of life and reduces work efficiency, but also causes pathological changes in multiple systems of the whole body, such as induced hypertension, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, angina, etc., and may even cause sudden death due to prolonged respiratory arrest at night. Therefore, early detection and intervention are extremely important.

What causes them all? Causes of throat and nasal cavity; oral disease; congenital neck and face developmental deformity; systemic disease hypothyroidism and endocrine disorders after menopause.

Symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing include:

1. Snoring: continuous snoring, mouth breathing, decreased sleep quality, drowsiness during the day, dry mouth, etc.;

2. Sleep apnea syndrome: It is manifested by repeated apnea during sleep, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, drowsiness, mental symptoms, etc. Some patients are hypoxic due to repeated apnea, and then their blood pressure rises. Hyperactivity, metabolic disorders, etc.;

3. Sleep hypopnea syndrome: manifested as snoring during sleep, daytime sleepiness and other symptoms.

If you are experiencing the above symptoms now, what should we do?

First of all, we need to perform professional endoscopic examination of the ear, nose and throat to determine whether there is stenosis, the stenosis plane, and some otorhinolaryngology diseases;

Secondly, we need to improve sleep at night Apnea, analyze your sleep report according to nighttime sleep chart.

Finally, we will formulate your own treatment plan based on your nighttime sleep report and the results of a specialist ear, nose and throat examination.