TO HOLD SESSIONS AND IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM WE HAVE THE NUMBER TO CALL
JUST LOG-ON TO OUR WEBSITE WSLS
DOT COM.
>>DON’T IGNORE
THE SNORE
ABOUT HALF OF ALL PEOPLE SNORE
AT SOME POINT IN THEIR
LIVES BUT FOR SOME IT CAN BE A
SIGN OF A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM
LAST NIGHT WE TALKED
EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE MAJOR
ISSUES THAT CAN CAUSE IN
RELATIONSHIPS BUT.
>>IT CAN CAUSE LIFE THREATENING
COMPLICATIONS FOR YOUR HEALTH
AS WELL.
>>10 NEWS, REPORTER JUSTIN
JEWEL HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE
INTO THIS SHE JOINS US NOW LIVE
IN THE STUDIO
WHAT YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT
SHORING GUYS WE ALL KNOW YOU
HEAR THE WORD SNORING AND IF
YOU’RE GUILTY OF IT.
>>OR MAYBE YOU’RE DEALING WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS GUILTY
OF IT.
YOU AUTOMATICALLY ROLL YOUR
EYES WE
GET IT.
IT’S ANNOYING BUT TONIGHT
INSTEAD OF ROLLING YOUR EYES
WERE ASKING YOU TO PERK UP YOUR
EARS BECAUSE WHAT WE’VE LEARNED
FROM THE EXPERTS COULD SAVE
LIVES.
>>HAS BEEN HELPING PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SNORING OR SLEEP APNEA IMPROVE
THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS AT CARILION SLEEP
CLINIC.
>>GAINING A LITTLE BIT OF WEIGHT AND STARTED SNORING. THIS TIME THE FAMILIAR ROAR OF
THE SNORE COME FROM HER
HUSBAND, ERIC, GIVEN HER
KNOWLEDGE WHAT STARTED OUT AS
BEING ANNOYED OVER SLEEPLESS
NIGHTS QUICKLY TURNED INTO
BEING CONCERNED FOR
HIS HEALTH.
>>IT SCARES ME TO DEATH BECAUSE
YOU CAN’T GO BACK TO SLEEP WHEN
YOU KNOW THEY’RE DOING THAT.
>>SO SHE TOOK MATTERS INTO HER
OWN HANDS
AND THEN I’M STARTING
TO TELL HIM YOU’RE NOT
BREATHING AND HE KIND OF BLEW
ME OFF AND YOU KNOW I WAS LIKE.
>>ALTHOUGH SHE SAYS YES YOU DO
THIS IS WHY YOU’RE STILL TIME.
>>AND THIS IS WHY YOU’RE SO
MEDIAN HE BLEW ME OFF LIBYA AND
THEN ONE NIGHT I DECIDE I WANT
TO TAKE THEM.
>>THAT’S ALL IT TOOK FOR ERIC
TO TAKE ACTION HIS DOCTOR
RECOMMENDING A SLEEP STUDY TO
DIAGNOSE HIS
SLEEP APNEA.
>>WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU
FOUND OUT THAT THEIR TIME.
>>BUT FIRST I WAS LIKE YOU DO NOT LIKE A THAT’S NOT THE BUT THE IT WAS LIKE.
IT WAS CONCERNING AN OXYGEN SATURATION DOCTOR FRANK WAS GUARDING HEARS A LOT OF
STORIES LIKE THAT AND CURLEY
AND SLEEP CENTER.
>>THAT’S WHY THEY TRACK
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS DURING
SLEEP WHEN A PATIENT SNORES.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHEN THEY
DON’T.
WELL IN A
WELL IN A 32ND. >>PERIOD THEY’RE GOING ABOUT 20
SECONDS WITHOUT GREAT.
IT’S 70’S OR PAINFUL LOOK AT
THAT’S WHAT DEFINES SLEEP APNEA
AND OFTEN SERVES AS A WAKE-UP
CALL.
>>THEY SAY DOCUMENTED I 5
STOPPED BREATHING AT NIGHT AND
NO YOU THE GOOD LORD GAVE YOU THIS LITTLE REFLECTS I’LL JUST WAKE UP TAKE A BREATH BUT
YOU’LL GET PROGRESSIVELY MORE
MISERABLE
OVER TIME.
>>A CONDITION MAKING MORE THAN
10% OF PEOPLE MISERABLE NOT
ONLY MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BADLY
BECAUSE THEY’RE TIRED ALL THE
TIME.
THEY CAN’T STAY AWAKE.
BUT.
OUR SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF IT LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES LIKE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE HEART
DISEASE TYPE 2 DIABETES.
AND RISKS OUTSIDE OF YOUR
HEALTH THAT ERIC HAS SEEN
FIRST HAND.
>>WE’RE GOING TO THE BEACH WE
WERE COMING BACK.
AND WE HAVE TO HOPE FOR A WEEK WAS IN THE CAR.
DO YOU KNOW THAT DRIFTED OFF TO
SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT THAT WAS
WHAT WILL BE OPEN TO CIRCLE THE
LISTEN TO DOCTORS ORDERS
DECIDING TO WEAR A C PAP
THAT IMPROVED HIS LIFE NOT ONLY
GO SLEEP BETTER.
BUT YOU’RE GOING TO FEEL BETTER
YOU
GO BE A BETTER PERSON TO BE
AROUND HIS FAMILY LIFE ALL THE
HEAVENS OPENED. >>BECAUSE NOT ONLY THAT YOU KNOW I KNEW THAT HE WOULD
BE HEALTHIER AND I KNEW THAT HE
WOULD BE ABLE
JUST HAVE BETTER INTERACTIONS
WITH US.
>>AND POTENTIALLY SAVED
HIS LIFE.
>>IN THE LONG RUN YOU WILL BE A
LOT BETTER OFF PEACE OF MIND.
I’M NOT BEING SCARED THAT I WAS
GOING TO LOSE HIM.
>>SO
IF YOU’RE NOW THINKING MY
PARTNER MAY HAVE SLEEP APNEA
EXPERTS SAY RECORD
THEIR SNORING AND LISTEN FOR
THOSE PAUSES WHERE THEY MAY NOT
BE BREATHING.
AND OF COURSE THE BEST ADVICE
GO SEE A DOCTOR WE’VE GOT A LOT
MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU ON
OUR WEBSITE, INCLUDING
9 RISK FACTORS AND 7 TREATMENT
OPTIONS FOR
SLEEP APNEA TO LEARN ABOUT