Types of sleep apnea
The Greek word "apnea" literally means "without breath." There are three types of apnea: obstructive, central, and mixed; of the three, obstructive sleep apnea is the most common. Despite the difference in the root cause of each type, in all three, people with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the night and often for a minute or longer.

Dr. Perkins' Sleep Apnea Checklist
As a sleep apnea specialist, and having been a sleep apnea patient himself, Dr. Perkins provides this checklist which could help save your life or the life of someone you love!

Problems of sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is very common, as common as adult diabetes, and affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Risk factors include being male, overweight, and over the age of forty, but sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children. Yet still because of the lack of awareness by the public and healthcare professionals, the vast majority remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the fact that this serious disorder can have significant consequences.

Untreated, sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease, memory problems, weight gain, impotency, and headaches. Moreover, untreated sleep apnea may be responsible for job impairment and motor vehicle crashes. Fortunately, sleep apnea can be diagnosed and treated. Dr. Ron Perkins offers the redesigned
TAP® (Thornton Adjustable Positioner) appliance as treatment for sleep apnea and snoring.

If you or someone you know has several of the aforementioned symptoms, contact Dr. Ron Perkins and try a non-invasive, non-surgical approach to this problem.

Source: American Sleep Apnea Association, www.sleepapnea.org