>> MAJOR SNORING PROBLEM HERE
BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T KNOW HIS
STORY WAS THE ALARM FOR MEDICAL
TICKING TIME BOMB.
>> THIS IS WHAT SAVE HIS LIFE
I.
>> THERE IS SNORING AND THEN
THERE IS SNORING.
SOME SNORING IS BENIGN.
IGNORED.
FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IT IS AND
REALLY THE SNORING SEEMS TO
HAVE A LANGUAGE ALL ITS OWN.
TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING
ON.
PROBABLY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT
LIVING IT.
MARY OF SHELBY TOWNSHIP LIVING
IT AND NOT LOVING IT.
>> SORT OF IRRITATING.
YOU COULDN'T SLEEP SO YOU WOULD
BE LAYING AWAKE AND WHEN WILL I
FALL ASLEEP.
WITH ALL THE SNOYS.
>>Reporter: MARRIED 48 YEARS
THE COUPLE USES STOPPED SHORT
OF SLEEPING IN SEPARATE ROOMS.
>> I BELIEVE WHAT SHE WAS
SAYING BUT IT WASN'T BOTHERING
ME THAT I KNEW OF.
>>Reporter: FRED WENT TO SEE DR.
>>Reporter: FRED WENT TO SEE
DR. RICHARD A DENTIST WHO FOUND
THE MICHIGAN HEAD AND NECK
INSTITUTE IN WARREN.
HE ONLY SEES PATIENTS WHO HAVE
A DIAGNOSIS OF SLEEP APNEA OR
TEMPERAMENT JOINT DISFUNCTION
OR TM J.IT IMPROVED HIS
MARRIAGE AND SAVED HIS LIFE.
>> SNORING ISN'T DANGEROUS IT'S
OBNOXIOUS AND HURTS PEOPLE
SLEEP PATTERN BUT IF YOU SNORE
VERY QUIET.
THAT IS DANGEROUS.
CALLED OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.
>>Reporter: THE TO DETERMINE
IF THE SNORING WAS ANNOYING AT
WORST POTENTIALLY DEADLY.
SEE HOW MUCH BREATHING
FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT.
>>Reporter: FRED SENT FOR
EVALUATION AT MICHIGAN
NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATE IN CLINTON,
TOWNSHIP TO SEE DR. THOMAS KARL
O. NEUROLOGIST AND SLEEP
SPECIALIST.
>> OFTENTIME COLLAR SIZE 18
I'M HERE BECAUSE THE WIFE SAID
I HAD TO BE HERE.
I'M SICK OF SLEEPING ON THE
COUCH OR BEING ELBOW IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
CERTAINLY NOISY.
THEY HAVE DOCUMENTED HEARING
LOSS WITH WIVES OF HEAVY
SNORING.
>>Reporter: HE SUBMITTED TO
SLEEP STUD.
HE'S WELTED MEASURED AND
WATCHED.
HOOKED UP TO MONITORS AN LEAD.
>> I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY OWN
PILLOW.
>>Reporter: SEEMS TO TAKE
LONGER TO HOOK UP THE SENSOR
THEN FOR HIM TO DOSES.
WATCHED CAREFULLY FROM NEARBY
ROOM BY TECHNICIAN.
MEASURING THE MOVEMENT, BRAIN
ACTIVITY AND CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THE AMOUNT OF WORK
THAT THE STOMACH DOES TO PUSH
THE AIR THROUGH THE NASAL
PASSAGES VERSUS AMOUNT OF AIR
THAT ACTUALLY ESCAPES AND
ENTERS OR AIR FLOW REDUCTION.
>> HE'S BEEN SLIPPING FOR ABOUT
12 MINUTES.
AND THE PATIENT HAD A FEW SMALL
SNORES.
>>Reporter: THE DEEPER FRED
MOVES INTO SLEEP, THE MORE THE
ACTIVITY ON THE MONITOR GOES U
UP.
LOOKING FOR RESPIRATORY EVENT 5
EVENTS FOR HOUR WHERE YOU STOP
BREATHING IS CONSIDERED NORMAL.
WHEN YOU GET UP TO THE 15 TIMES
PER HOUR YOU ARE AT RISK FOR
STROKE.
CANCER.
SEXUAL DISFUNCTION.
OBESITY.
MOOD DISORDERS.
EVEN SUDDEN DEATH.
THIS TELLS ME IF ANY PATIENT
HAS SLEEP APNEA OR A 50%
REDUCTION AS OPPOSED TO A 90
PERCENT REDUCTION.
>>Reporter: TURNS OUT FRED HAS
MORE THAN MORE THAN THE SNORE.
HE STOPPED BREATHING AS MANY AS
18 TIMES AN HO.
THE SNORING WAS THE ALARM FOR
HEART.
>> PROGNOSIS FOR THIS KIND OF
THING IS GREATER THAN 20 EVE
PER HOUR AND 50% MORTALITY IN 5
YEARS.
PART IS THE CAR CRASH.
FALL ASLEEP ON THE ROAD.
PART IS THEY GO INTO HEART
FAILURE AND HEART IRREGULARITY
PROBLEM.
>>Reporter: BY IDENTIFYING THE
HANDLED.
AND NONE TOO SOON.
>> I FEEL MUCH HEALTHIER.
OKAY.
LIVE EVENT.
DON'T IGNORE THE SNORE BUT
START TONIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE A SPOUSE OR SLEEP
MATE GRAB THE PHONE.
RECORD THEM AND SEND THE RECORD
TO GO CLICK ON DETROIT.COM
FORWARD SLASH SNORE.
THEN JOIN US AT 6:00 A.M.
TOMORROW MORNING WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT SLEEP STUDY BASIC YES
INDEED OUR PHONE BASE STARTS
BUT YOU CAN TALK TO AN EXPERT
THAT WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW
DAMAGING SNORING CAN BE TO YOUR
RELATIONSHIP AT 5:00 P.M.
WHAT ABOUT THAT C PAP?
GOOD BUY OR A BAD BUY TO HELP
WITH YOU YOUR SNORING PROBLEM?
AND THEN AT 6:00 P.M. WE GO
BACK TO THE EXPERT WHO IS GOING
TO REA YOUR SNORE RECORDING
AND LET YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT
YOU JUST HAVE AN ANNOYING SNORE
JOIN US TOMORROW ALL DAY FOR