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[C307]Causes Of Sleep Deprivation

by Gabriel Adams, Gab

Sleep deprivation can have a variety of symptoms, including sleepiness during the day, fatigue, irritability, headaches, lack of concentration, weight gain, mood changes, and others.

Two of the most common sleep disorders, sleep apnea and snoring, can be treated using CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.

Sleep apnea is a disorder which causes a person to stop breathing for short periods (10 seconds or more) during their sleep. Sleep apnea may be caused by a restriction of the airways, or it may be caused by a lapse in the signals from the brain which trigger breathing. Sleep apnea can cause serious symptoms, in some cases even cause death, if it is not treated. Snoring is not technically a disorder, but as everyone knows, it is an aggravation!

As mentioned earlier, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure is an effective treatment for both snoring and sleep apnea. However, CPAP is only effective for treating sleep apnea when it is caused by a restriction in the airways (called Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA). Sleep apnea may also be caused by a break in signals from the brain to breath.

CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure uses a special machine to feed pressurized air to the patient via a special mask. By keeping the airflow at a set pressure, the patients airways are kept from being restricted. The air pressure is normally set by a sleep technician at a sleep clinic. Once the machine is set, the patient may use it at home. The correct pressure is determined by the pressure that removes the most incidents of apnea or snoring.

CPAP is very effective in treating sleep apnea or snoring. In many cases, the condition can be completely mitigated.

Sleep deprivation in America has become a bigger problem than most will admit. It is estimated that
Between fifty and eighty million people are suffering from sleep deprivation at this moment and that
Most people will experience sleep deprivation sometime in their lives. Of course there are many
Reasons and at varying levels that people will be affected. But do you know the difference between sleep deprivation and a sleep disorder? One is a result of and the other is the reason for.

In other words you could have insomnia, which is a sleep disorder, and suffer sleep deprivation, which is the result. For more details www.activities-little-fingers.com The reason I make this distinction is because too many people believe that they are suffering from a sleep disorder when they start missing sleep but when you carefully diagnose the problem, it might not be a disorder.

A simple example is: a dog is barking outside your window at night keeping you awake. After a few nights of this, you are experiencing sleep deprivation. Stop the dog from barking and you solve your problem. Unlike a sleep disorder, which could result from a psychological or physical issue in your life, sleep deprivation is the result.

Unfortunately a major problem today is too many people go undiagnosed and will not get the necessary treatment for their problem. So it is important to recognize what is causing you to have sleep deprivation in order to seek the correct treatment. Sleep deprivation can turn into a disorder, like insomnia, if you don't get help. It can start as a mild case where you lose sleep for a few nights to a severe case where you are losing sleep for weeks or even months. So it is imperative that you examine what's going on in your life to seek the cause.

Are you going through a stressful time and are doing a lot of worrying? Most people who are experiencing a stressful time in their life lose sleep because they lie awake all night thinking of their problems and their minds become their worst enemy.

Could it be something deeper that you can't easily recognize? You should always seek a doctor's help for both identifying your issue and remedies to take care of it. Sometimes it's as easy as taking some sleep medication for a short period of time to get you back into a natural sleep cycle. For more details www.tips-getting-healthy.com The main point is to identify the underlying cause and then seek alternatives that can help.

Remember there are dozens of sleep disorders out there such as insomnia, apnea, night sweats, and so much more. The key is to identify the underlying cause and recognize that if you are loosing sleep over an extended period of time, you are suffering from more than just sleep deprivation, you are suffering from a sleep disorder. Seek medical help in determining just what it is and you can acquire the proper treatment.

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