FROM BEN
BAILEY ABOUT OUR FORECAST, IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
>>> OUR LOCAL 4 SPECIAL EVENT
CALLED "DON'T IGNORE THE SNORE."
IF YOU SNORE OR LIVE WITH
SOMEONE WHO DOES, YOU KNOW THE
FRUSTRATING.
SNORING CAN CAUSE SERIOUS
FRICTION IN RELATIONSHIPS.
PAULA TUTMAN HAS THAT STORY FROM
OUR PHONE BANK WHERE EXPERTS
WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND THIS AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE.
>> Paula: I GUESS PEOPLE ALREADY
313-298-WDIV.
BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN A
CALL FROM PEOPLE WANTING TO KNOW
ABUT THEIR SNORING ISSUES.
NOW, YOU CAN CALL RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE DOCTORS AND EXPERTS.
THEY ARE STANDING BY.
THEY CANNOT GIVE YOU A DIAGNOSIS
BUT THEY CAN POINT YOU REALLY IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, SNORING
AFFECTS SEEM PEOPLE, MOSTLY MEN.
THE WOMEN ARE ALSO KNOWN TO
PURR.
HOWEVER, LOTS AND LOTS OF WIVES
SAY, OH, MY GOSH, I HAVE HUGE
ISSUES WITH MY HUSBAND!
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT WITH
THE POWER OUTAGES LAST WEEK,
LISA HAD A MOMENT OF PANIC.
NOT BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T CHARGE
HER PHONE.
>> I LOOKED AT H CPAP MACHINE
AND THOUGHT, HE CAN'T PUT IT ON.
>> I WOULD GO.
>> Paula: ACCORDING TO A STUDY
AT RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL
CENTER, A SNORI HUSBAND OR
WIFE CAN AFFECT MARITAL
SATISFACTION.
THE THERE IS A MUCH HIGHER
DIVORCE RATE THAN THOSE WHO
DON'T HAVE SNORING.
RELATIONSHIPS?
>> DEFINITELY.
>> Paula: THE DOCTOR WHO IS
SERVICE CHIEF OF THE SLEEP
DISORDER AND RESEARCH CENTER CAN
SAY SHE HAS SAVED HUNDREDS O
RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER WORK.
>> IF YOU SNORE, THE NEXT DAY
YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE SLEEPY
GRUMPY, IRRITABLE.
AND IT C DECREASE YOU LIBIDO.
>> THERE'S SOME MOVEMENT ON THE
CHEST AND THE ABDOMEN, BUT THE
AIR FLOW DECREASES.
>> Paula: THAT LINE RIGHT THERE
SHOWS THE PATIENT HAS STOPPED
BREATHING ALTOGETHER.
THE REAL PROBLEM WITH SNORING IS
WHEN IT STOPS.
HE DIDN'T BREATHE FOR 16
SECRETARIES, FOR 16 SECONDS,
THERE WAS NO AIR?
THAT'S THE MEDICAL NIGHTMARE,
AND SOME ARE HORROR STORIES FOR
THE PERSON NEXT TO THE SNORER.
>> THEY'RE KICKING THEIR LEGS.
BUT IF THEY WERE DOING THIS AT
HOME, IT WOULD BE DESTRUCTIVE.
>> Paula: MANY REPOSITION, KICK,
NUDGE, AND NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE
TICKED OFF IN BED INSTEAD OF
JUST ONE.
SEVERE MALFUNCTIONING OF THE
RELATIONSHIP, LESS LOVE, LESS
INTIMACY, LESS SEX, IS A SERIOUS
BY-PRODUCT OF SNORING.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'S A REAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD
NOT BE IGNORED.
SNORING IS NOT THE SAME ASLEEP
APNEA.
YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE
YOU HAVE.
THIS IS JUST GETTING STARTED.
I'M AMAZED.
EMPLOYED RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM.
I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
COMING UP AT 5:00, WE TALK ABOUT
EQUIPMENT OPTIONS, AND THAT'S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE A CPAP ISN'T
YOUR ONLY OPTION.
AND THERE ARE INDICATIONS BY THE
WAY YOU SNORE.
AND THEY'LL READ THE SNORES THE
VIEWERS HAVE BEEN SENDING US AND
RECORDING THEIR LOVES ONES AND
SENDING US THE SNORES AND WE GET
INDICATION OF WHAT TO LISTEN
KAREN?
>> Karen: I DON'T BELIEVE THAT
PERSON WHO WAS SLEEPING WHO
WASN'T, QUOTE, BREATHING FOR 16
SECONDS, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY
IDEA IT WAS GOING ON.
>> Paula: A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
KNOW THEY SNORE.
WIVES, HUSBAND, PARTNERS, SEND
THEM TO THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE
AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA.
I CHALLENGE YOU THIS: THINK
ABOUT THAT MAN NOT BREATHING FOR
18 SECONDS EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 18 SECONDS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN DO
THAT UNDERWATER.
THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING WHEN
YOU'RE ASLEEP, KAREN.
REALLY SCARY!