WE'RE
WE'RE KICKING OFF A NEW SERIES THIS MORNING-- CALLED 'DOZING WITH DAYBREAK..'
THE NEED FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S
SLEEP IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON...BUT HOW DO
YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE
GETTING QUALITY SLEEP...
A COMPREHENSIV E SLEEP STUDY IS
A GREAT WAY
TO DETERMINE THE KIND OF Z'S YOU
NEED...
NEED...
NEED... NATS SLEEP STUDY :26 ALRIGHT,
I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU SIT RIGHT HERE...
WE PAID A VISIT TO THE SLEEP
CENTER OF AUSTIN TO SEE HOW
EXACTLY A
SLEEP STUDY IS ADMINISTERED...
NATS SLEEP STUDY 1:20 THESE ARE
YOUR RESPIRATORY
READOUTS...WE'RE GOING TO PUT
THESE AROUND HERE...
SOTS ORTIZ :27 LONG TERM
THERE'S A LOT OF STUDIES SHOWING
NEGATIVE IMPACT OF SLEEP
DEPRIVATION...INCLUDING
INCREASED
DEPRIVATION...INCLUDING INCREASED RISK OF OBESITY AND WEIGHT GAIN
WITH SLEEP DEPRIVATION,
HEART DISEASE RISK OF HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE DIABETES, CAR
ACCIDENTS JOB PERFORMACE SUFFERS
DR EDWARD ORTIZ IS BOARD
CERTIFIED IN SLEEP MEDICINE...
SOTS ORTIZ 3:12 PATIENTS WHO
BENEFIT FROM UNDERGOING
OVERNIGHT
OVERNIGHT SLEEP STUDIES ARE PATIENTS GENERALLY WHO SLEEP 8 HOURS BUT THEY'RE STILL
TIRED...SLEEP STUDIES DON'T
BENEFIT INSOMNA PATIENTS SO MUCH
UNLESS THE PROBLEM IS STAYING
ASLEEP AND UNEXPLAINED
AWAKENINGS...DURING THE NIGHT...
THOSE AWAKENINGS AFFECT QUALITY
OF SLEEP...IT CAN BE A SIGN OF
SLEEP APNEA...APNEA SYMPTOMS
INCLUDE LOUD OR FREQUENT
SNORING.SILENT PAUSES IN
BREATHING.CHOKING OR GASPING
SOUNDS.DAYTIME SLEEPINESS OR
FATIGUE AND MORNING
HEADACHES...ALL OF THESE THINGS
CAN BE MONITORED IN A SLEEP
STUDY...
STUDY...
SOTS
SOTS ORTIZ 4:29 IT IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF THEIR LIFE...BUT WE RECORD A LOT OF DATA, WE RECORD
THEIR BREATHING THEIR SNORING,
WE
CHECK FOR REPEATED PAUESE IN
BREATHING WHICH ARE THE
APNEA EPISODES WHICH IS WHERE
THE BACK OF THE TONGUE BLOCKS
THE THROAT...A PATIENT STOPS
BREATHING FOR AT LEAST 10
SECONDS...OR LONGER AND SLEEP
APNEA IS WHEN THAT HAPPENS TOO
OFTEN...AND IT AFFECTS THEIR
DAYTIME ALERTNESS... NATS 2:05
SLEEP STUDY WE'RE GOING TO
MONITOR YOUR SNORING TO SEE IF
YOU SNORE AT NIGHT...DO YOU
SNORE? THE PATIENT WILL BE
CONNECTED TO MONITORS FROM HEAD
TO TOE... NATS SLEEP STUDY 3:53
I'M GOING TO PUT SOME SENSORS ON
YOUR
YOUR SCALP SO WE CAN SEE YOUR BRAIN WAVES...THAT'S HOW THE DOCTORS' GOING TO KNOW IF YOUR
AWAKE OR ASLEEP...DREAMING ,
WHAT WAKES YOU UP, HOW OFTEN YOU
WAKE UP' OR IF YOU'RE JUST
SITTING THERE BORED, HE'LL KNOW
ABOUT IT ALL...
THEY CAN'T READ YOUR DREAMS,
THEY JUST KNOW IF YOU ARE
DREAMING...
THEY CAN ALSO MONITOR YOUR
BREATHING, NATS SLEEP STUDY
18:44 THIS JUST GOES RIGHT UNDER
YOUR NOSE... EYE MOVEMENTS,
HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE,
OXYGEN LEVELS, BODY MOVEMENT,
AND LEG MOVEMENT ARE ALL
RECORDED...
SOTS ORTIZ 4:56 WE ALSO
MONINTOR OXYGEN LEVELS HEART
RATE RESTLESS LEG ACTIVITY,
BRAIN WAVES SHOW THE STAGES OF
SLEEP THE 4 STAGES OF SLEEP
AWAKENINGS WHAT CAUSING
AWAKENINGS SEIZURE ACTIVITY AND
SO WE
COLLECT A LOT OF DATA...
ONCE THE PROBLEMS ARE FOUND,
THERE ARE WAYS TO HELP...A
POPULAR REMEDY THAT HAS PROVEN
SUCCESSFUL IS AN AIR PRESSURE
MASK...COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A
C-PAP, OR CONTINOUS POSITIVE
AIRWAY PRESSURE MACHINE... SOTS
ORTIZ 9:14 AIR PRESSURE MASKS
THREAPY IS BASICALL A LITTLE AIR
COMPRSSOR THAT SITS AT THE
BEDSIDE LONG 6 FOOT AIRHOSE
PATIENT WEARS A LITTLE MASK AND
HEAD GEAR AT NIGHT OVER THE
NOSE OR JUST UNDER THE NOSE AND
THE MACHINE JUST DELIVERS A
GENTLE BACK PRESSURE OF AIR INTO
THE MASK AND INTO YOUR NOSE AND
DOWN YOUR THROAT...THE COLUMN OF
AIR KEEPS THE THROAT OPEN AT
NIGHT AND IMMDEIATLY RELIEVES
SNORING APNEA EPISODES
MAINTIANS THE OXYGEN LEVELS IN
THE NORMAL RANGE SOLUTIONS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND IN SOMETHIGN AS
SIMPLE AS A MOUTHPIECE OR AS
COMPLICATED AS SURGERY... SOTS
ORTIZ 11:34 THESE DAYS THEY'RE
OFFERING TREATMENTS TO THE BACK
OF THE TONGUE TO TRY TO THIN OUT
THE TONGUE BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM IS FOR
MOST PATIENTS THAT ALSO CAN BE
AFFECTIVE FOR TREATING SNORING
AND SLEEP APNEA NATS SLEEP
STUDY 19:59 LIE BACK, GET COMFY,
STRAIGHTEN YOUR LEGS OUT...
SOTS ORTIZ 2:29 AMERICAN'S
DON'T EMPHASIZE THEIR SLEEP OR
MAKE IT
A PRIORITY AND THAT'S
UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE
LONGER IT GOES ON YOU DEPRIVE
YOURSELF OF SLEEP THE MORE IN
AFFECTS YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR
LIFE... NATS SLEEP STUDY 19:08
COVER THIS WITH VO FROM THE
CONTROL ROOM...
"AND IT'S OFFICIAL, YOU'VE MADE
IT TO THE END, CONGRATULATIONS
"...
A SLEEP STUDY LIKE THIS GIVES
YOU A BASELINE TO START
WITH...DIAGNOSES WHAT'S KEEPING
YOU FROM SLEEPING
SOUNDLY, AND HELPS YOU FIGURE
OUT THE BEST WAY TO FIX THE
SOUNDLY,
SOUNDLY, AND HELPS YOU FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM...
PROBLEM...
OUT
OUT THE
OUT THE BEST WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM...
PROBLEM...