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KIND AND YOUR PARTNER UP AT
NIGHT OR DANGEROUS SIGN THAT
YOU ARE NOT BREATHING AND 90
MILLION AMERICANS DO IT.
SNORING.
>> MANY PEOPLE JUST DEAL
WITNESS AND DON'T THINK TWICE
ABOUT THE LONG LASTING IMPACT
THAT SNORING CAN HAVE ON THEIR
LIVES BUT THAT'S NOT SAFE.
IGNORE THE STORE.
>>Reporter: I ASKED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA IF ANY ONE HAD A GOOD
SNORE RECORDED ON THE PHONE.
AND THE RESULTS WERE
OVERWHELMING.
YOU PEOPLE ARE UP LATE AT
NIGHT.
ANNOYED WITH LOVED ONES WHO
SOUND LIKE THIS.
HEAR THAT.
WE WENT TO AN EXPERT FROM THE
HOSPITAL TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF WHEN YOU SHOULD NEVER IGNORE
YOUR SNORE.
>> THIS SNORING. NO PAUSE.
>>Reporter: DR. RAYMOND WAS
NOT TOO CONCERNED.
.
MOST OF THE ONES HE LISTENED TO
WERE THE SAME.
THE.
>> STILL NOT SEEING SOMETHING
THAT CLEARLY SHOWS AN APNEA.
>>Reporter: UNTIL WE GOT TO
DARYL.
DIFFERENT.
>> LOUDEST SNORE IN THE WORLD.
>>Reporter: YOU CAN HEAR IT.
MEDLEY.
SNORING OR HEAVY BREATHING.
SILENT
AND THEN.
>> SNORT COME OUT OF THE APNEA
IS PRETTY LOUD.
>>Reporter: HE NEEDS ASLEEP
STUDY.
THIS SPECIALIST STRESSES YOU
CAN'T JUST LISTEN TO A SNORE
AND DIAGNOSIS A PATIENT.
BUT THAT ALONG WITH OTHER
SYMPTOMS CAN DEFINITELY SUGGEST
A PROBLEM.
HE WAS IN THE NUMBER A FEW
YEARS AGO.
>> LITTLE THINGS LIKE DRIVING
HOME FROM WORK AND THE TRAFFIC
RIGHT.
THAT'S NOT NORMAL.
>>Reporter: IT WASN'T UNTIL HE
GOT OUT OF THE MILITARY THAT HE
WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA.
HE WOULD STOP BREATHING SEVERAL
TIMES A NIGHT.
BLUE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG A
COUPLE YEARS EARLIER BUT HE
NEVER COMPLAINED.
>> DON'T REALLY WANT TO BRING
TO IT A DOCTOR.
WON'T MAKE AN APPOINTMENT JUST
FOR. THAT THAT'S WHERE I WAS
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
>>Reporter: THE DOCTOR SAYS A
LOT OF PEOPLE IGNORE SNORING.
BUT WHEN IT STARTS TO INTERFERE
FOR CONCERN.
IT CAN AFFECT YOUR RELATIONSHI
RELATIONSHIP.
DRIVE MARRIAGES APART AND ALSO
CAUSE EXHAUSTION OR DEPRESSION.
INCREASE THE RISK FOR STROKE OR
HEART ATTACK.
AND THE REMEDY IS PRETTY
SIMPLE.
FIRST.
THE SLEEP LAB IS LIKE A HOTEL.
YOU HAVE YOUR BED.
ALL PRIVATE.
BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO MONITOR
YOU THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
THEY CAN EVEN COMMUNICATE WITH
YOU IF THEY NEED TO.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING MELANIE.
>> I'M GOOD.
>>Reporter: AND THE GOAL IS TO
GET 6 HOURS OF SLEEP TO
COMPLETE THE STUDY.
>> THIS IS ASLEEP STUDY.
>>Reporter: CONSISTENT WAVE
MEAN A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS.
>> WE SEE THE BIG MOVEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE THEY.
BREATHE MORE.
>>Reporter: THEN STOP.
THAT MEANS THE PATIENT STOPPED
BREATHING.
FIGHTING FOR AIR.
BLUE PROBLEM SIMILAR AND
SOLUTION WAS THIS MACHINE.
THE DOCTOR ALSO RECOMMENDED HE
DROP A FEW POUNDS.
BECAUSE EXTRA WEIGHT CAN ALSO
CAUSE SLEEP APNEA.
>> FORCE MYSELF TO USE IT FOR 6
WEEKS.
DAY.
I WOKE UP FEEL REFRESHED.
FELT YOUNGER.
4 HOURS OF SLEEP FELT LIKE
EIGHT HOURS USED TO.
>>Reporter: THE MACHINES HAVE
QUIET.
LESS INTRUSIVE BUT ALL DO THE
SAME THING.
KEEP YOU BREATHING.
SLEEP.
>> WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET AIR
GOING KEEP EVERYTHING GING OPE
OPEN.
>> OPERATE AIRWAY.
INSTEAD OF ALLOWING SOFT TISSUE
TO COLLAPSE AND CAUSE SNORING
AND SLEEP APNEA THIS OPENS.
KEEPS IT OPEN WITH AIR.
>> I DON'T GO A NIGHT WITHOUT
MY SLEEP APNEA.
>>Reporter: WHAT DO YOU NOTICE
IF YOU DO.
>> I'M DROWSY.
I GET HEADACHES.
I DON'T THINK AS CLEARLY.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
>>Reporter: BLUE IS A CHANGED
MAN WITH SLEEP.
IF LUKEWARM ON INOFFICE SLEEP
STUDY THE DOCTOR SAYS HEALTHY
PATIENTS MEAN ELIGIBLE FOR HOME
SLEEP STUDIES IN THE COMFORT OF
THEIR OWN BED.
BOTTOM LINE THE ANNOYING SNORE
ALL NIGHT IS NOT NECESSARILY
THE DANGEROUS ONE.
THE ONE YOU CAN NOT IGNORE IS
THE SNORE THAT BREAKS THE
SILENCE WITH A LOUD SUDDEN
ERUPTION WHERE YOU ARE
LITERALLY FIGHTING FOR A BREAT
BREATH.
YOU MIGHT NOT BE BREATHING IN
THAT SILENCE.
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YOU CAN LISTEN FOR YOUR PARTNER
SNORE AS WE SHARE THE ONES THAT
YOU SEND US WITH THE SLEEP
SPECIALIST FROM SAINT VINCENT.
HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY AS HE
COULD REALLY MEAN.
ALSO IF WONDERING ABOUT NASAL
STRIPS WE WENT TO CONSUMER
REPORT TO GET ANSWER ABOUT WHEN
THEY COULD BE AN OPTION FOR
BETTER NIGHT SLEEP AND WHO THEY
JUST LOCK FOR DON'T IGNORE THE