ARE YOU OR YOUR PARTNER SNORING WELL IT COULD BE A SIGN OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND
WHILE IT CAN BE STRESSFUL ON
THE BEST DAY DURING A PANDEMIC
IT CAN CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE
A NIGHTMARE. JOINING ME NOW
WITH MORE IS DAVE DOCTOR DAVID
CARLSON, AN EAR NOSE AND THROAT
DOCTOR EAR NOSE AND THROAT
DOCTOR FROM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING, HAPPY TO
BE HERE.
>>JENNIFER READY: FOR THOSE OF
US WHO AREN’T FAMILIAR. WHAT IS
OBSTRUCTIVE
SLEEP APNEA.
>> SO I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO
DIFFERENTIATE SLEEP APNEA
FROM SNORING THE STORY IS A
CONDITION THAT’S BOTHERSOME BUT
BENIGN DOES IS
NOT DANGEROUS. SLEEP. APNEA
HOWEVER IS A SERIOUS SLEEP
CONDITION THAT CAN CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT SLEEP APNEA WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT A BLOCKAGE IN
YOUR AIR FLOW DURING SLEEP AT
NIGHT, SPECIFICALLY SOFT
TISSUES COLLAPSING
DURING BREATHING. THIS COLLAPSE
CAN RESULT IN OXYGEN
DEPRIVATION TO YOUR BRAIN.
YOUR BRAIN AND
SENSES THIS ALERT TO AWAKEN TO
LONG ENOUGH
TO BREEZE. AND THEN THIS CYCLE
REPEATS ITSELF OVER AND OVER
AND OVER AGAIN AND THAT SLEEP
APNEA.
>>JENNIFER READY: SO WHAT ARE
SOME OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE LOOKING
FOR OR MAY
BE EXPERIENCING.
>> SO CLASSICALLY WE THINK
ABOUT SLEEP APNEA CAUSING
SNORING BUT THERE’S MANY OTHER
SYMPTOMS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO
SLEEP APNEA SPECIFICALLY
DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE OR
SLEEPINESS DURING
THE DAY FOR SOME OF MY PATIENTS
THAT CAN RESULT IN MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE
OF FATIGUE. WE HAVE PATIENTS
WHO DEAL WITH MORNING
HEADACHES. DIFFICULTY
CONCENTRATING. SOME PEOPLE ARE
GASPING AND CHOKING AT NIGHT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
DIFFICULTY WAS SWEATING AT
NIGHT FOR SOME PEOPLE YOU CAN
EVEN RESULT IN DECREASED
LIBIDO.
>> SO THERE SOUNDS LIKE
THERE IS QUITE A RISK WITH THIS
CONDITION. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE AT
GREAT QUESTION.
>> CLASSICALLY WE THINK ABOUT C
PAP FOR SLEEP. APNEA THAT’S THE
DEVICE WE’VE ALL SEEN ON TV OR
COMMERCIALS THAT INVOLVES A
MASK THAT GOES OVER THE NOSE
OR MOUTH. AND SLEET TO A HOSE
AND A MACHINE THAT PUMPS
PRESSURIZED AIR INTO THE AIRWAY
THAT CAN THEN THEN PROVE
THAT COLLAPSE BUT MOST PATIENTS
CAN’T TOLERATE THAT
50% FOR THOSE PATIENTS THAT
CAN’T TOLERATE C PAP THERE ARE
OTHER OPTIONS THEY CAN COME IN
THE FORM OF INTERVENTIONS FOR
NASAL PROCEDURES OR THROW
PROCEDURES
OR OTHERWISE THERE’S BEEN SOME
REALLY FANTASTIC THOUGH
INNOVATION OF THE LAST FEW
YEARS
HAS CHANGED THE SLEEP APNEA
MET MANAGEMENT. THERE’S A
DEVICE NOW INVOLVES HYPE.
A COLOSSAL
NERVE STIMULATION SIMPLE THAT
ENTAILS AN OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE
AND CAN GENTLY.
ACTIVATE THOSE MUSCLES OF THEIR
WAY TO OPEN UP THEIR WAY AND
IT’S USED WITH A SIMPLE REMOTE
CONTROL. IT’S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE
GAME CHANGER FOR SOME MY
PATIENTS WHO STRUGGLE WITH
SLEEP APNEA AND C PAP.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND ASIDE
FROM THOSE WHO JUST PERSONALLY
STRUGGLE WITH SLEEP APNEA HOW
CAN THIS CONDITION ALSO IMPACT
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY, A
GREAT QUESTION. >> SO WE TALK ABOUT SNORING WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 90 MILLION
AMERICANS WHO STRUGGLE WITH
THIS AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THEIR BED PARTNERS OR
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS WERE TALKING
ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
STRUGGLING WITH
SLEEP DEPRIVATION STRAINED
RELATIONSHIPS OR SOMETIMES
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT
PLACE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
WE’VE GOT SOME PATIENTS TO A
CAR FREIGHT TRAIN SNORERS
THEY CAN ACTUALLY DISRUPT SLEEP
FOR THE ENTIRE HOUSE OR HER
FAMILY.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND BEFORE WE
GO I DO WANT TO ASK YOU HOW IS
THE HOSPITAL REALLY TAKING
MEASURES RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY
DURING THIS PANDEMIC WE’VE BEEN
HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN
FROM DOCTORS. STATE OFFICIALS
LOCAL OFFICIALS THAT HOSPITALS
DOCTORS OFFICES, THEY ARE SAFE
RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ANY CONDITIONS. ANY MEDICAL
ISSUES TO COME TO TALK US
THROUGH SOME OF THE POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE RIGHT
NOW TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS
OFFICES ARE SAFE FOR PEOPLE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC YEAH
ABSOLUTELY SO.
>> AT MEMORIAL WHERE I WORKED
THERE’S BEEN UNPRECEDENTED
MEASURES TAKEN TO TRY TO KEEP
PATIENTS SAFE THAT INVOLVES YOU
FIRST WALKING IN THE DOOR AND
BEING SCREEN WITH A
QUESTIONNAIRE
AND TEMPERATURE THERE IS
MASKING THAT IS THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE HOSPITAL, THEIR CLEANING
PROCEDURES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY
TAKING PLACE IN THE HOSPITAL.
IT’S A SAFE PLACE AT THIS POINT
FOR YOU TO COME AND BE TREATED.
>>JENNIFER READY: DOCTOR DAVID