{"id":67,"date":"2017-05-13T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flennikendental.com\/blog\/?p=67"},"modified":"2017-05-13T17:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T17:00:07","slug":"tired-snoring-dental-sleep-apnea-therapy-carlisle-can-help-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flennikendental.com\/blog\/tired-snoring-dental-sleep-apnea-therapy-carlisle-can-help-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Tired Of Snoring? Sleep Apnea Therapy In Carlisle Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\"RatherThroughout your entire life, people have commented on your snoring \u2013 from your parents to your spouse, everyone knows about your noisy nighttime habit. But lately, things have been getting worse. You\u2019ve been waking up with migraines, you\u2019re exhausted all day long, and you\u2019re becoming forgetful, as well as irritable, even though you hate to admit it. You wonder what could be wrong \u2013 and you know you need help when your partner told you they witnessed you stop breathing while asleep the other night. After speaking with your doctor and undergoing a sleep study, you\u2019re diagnosed with sleep apnea. In this post, the team at Flenniken Family Dentistry<\/a> explain the signs and symptoms of this disorder, your risk factors for developing this condition, and how they can help with dental sleep apnea therapy in Carlisle.\r\n

What Is Sleep Apnea?<\/h2>\r\nSleep apnea is the second most common sleep disorder behind insomnia. Most people who have this suffer from obstructive sleep apnea<\/em> (OSA). In this condition, your tongue and lower jaw relax and slide against the back of your throat when you sleep, which prevents you from breathing correctly.\r\n\r\nThankfully, your body knows you\u2019re not getting the oxygen you need, and wakes you up, but only enough to make you start breathing properly \u2013 not enough to make you conscious of waking. These \u201cmicro-arousals\u201d can happen hundreds of times a night, leaving you exhausted the next day \u2013 no matter how much you sleep \u2013 and without a reason why.\r\n

What Are The Symptoms Of Sleep Apnea?<\/h2>\r\nOur team of five expert dentists explain that sleep apnea has many common symptoms, including:\r\n