Respiratory Sleep Associates Dr. Alexander Bozanich

04/25/2019

The lack of oxygen your body receives can have negative long-term consequences for your health. This includes:
High blood pressure, Heart disease, Stroke, Pre-diabetes and diabetes, and Depression.

There are many people with sleep apnea who have not been diagnosed or received treatment. A sleep medicine physician can diagnose obstructive sleep apnea using an in-lab sleep study or a home sleep apnea test.

Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder with symptoms of snoring, breathing pauses or choking noises during sleep.

02/13/2018

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http://www.respiratorysleepassociates.com

04/11/2017

Keep one eye open!!!

12/12/2016

People with shift work disorder may sleep up to four hours less than the average worker. Shift work disorder causes you to have trouble sleeping or be severely tired. The quality of sleep may be poor, and you may wake up feeling unrefreshed.

http://sleepeducation.org/essentials-in-sleep/shift-work

Shift work disorder is when you have difficulty sleeping because of your work schedule, especially second shift (evening shift), third shift (overnight) and the morning shift.

08/17/2016

Restless legs syndrome is almost always manageable through medication and a number of lifestyle changes.

Restless legs syndrome is a neurological sleep disorder that make you have an overwhelming urge to move your legs. Restless legs syndrome makes it difficult to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. The symptoms are usually worse at night. The sensation is difficult for some people to describe.

http://www.sleepeducation.org/essentials-in-sleep/restless-legs-syndrome

Restless legs syndrome causes you to have an overwhelming urge to move your legs. This sleep disorder makes it difficult to get comfortable and fall asleep.

06/21/2016

Insomnia is the most common sleep complaint. It occurs when you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep even though you had the opportunity to get a full night of sleep. The causes, symptoms and severity of insomnia vary from person to person. Insomnia may include:

Difficulty falling asleep
Difficulty staying asleep throughout the night
Waking up too early in the morning

Sleep help for insomnia, the inability get to sleep or stay asleep. The AASM covers the insomnia symptoms, causes and treatments.

06/15/2016

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common and serious sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing during sleep. The airway repeatedly becomes blocked, limiting the amount of air that reaches your lungs. When this happens, you may snore loudly or making choking noises as you try to breathe. Your brain and body becomes oxygen deprived and you may wake up. This may happen a few times a night, or in more severe cases, several hundred times a night.

Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder with symptoms of snoring, breathing pauses or choking noises during sleep.