Is your sleep problems killing your marriage softly?
How to avert the disaster?
We spend an average of one-third of our lives sleeping, usually on our cushy beds, and next to our other half, perhaps cuddling them on a peaceful and uneventful day. On days when both you and your partner have waged a war in your home zone, one of you might have plumped up the pillows on the sofa and dozed of in the living room. In those moments, just the sheer thought of close proximity would be a huge turn-off.
Sleeping together is an act of intimacy in a marriage, and sleeping apart means a couple risks losing one of the bonds in their relationships. Just imagine what it is like for couples that don't share the same bed because one of them snores and disrupts the other's sleep.
Noisy Killer
Snoring is a common problem among many couples. One third of these couples end up sleeping in different rooms on most nights of the week. Majority of the men who consults a sleep specialist clinic said that their snoring bother their wives. Indeed, their wives said the snoring leaves them feeling slow and tired the next day.
Some of the husbands report experiencing daytime sleepiness, tiredness, poor concentration, poor memory, morning headaches, mood changes and irritability. Patient – which tends to lead a communication breakdown and poorer relationship.
Diagnosis: Snoring happens when the palate, uvula base of the tongue, tonsils and other soft tissues in the throat vibrates through breathing.
Treatment: It is done on the soft palate. For patients who have extra soft tissues, laser or radio frequency is used to remove those bits. Alternatively, the minimally invasive Palatal Pillar Implants makes three inserts to the palate to stiffen it.
Silent Killer
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) occurs in approximately 4 percent of men and 2 percent of women over the age of 35. Its primary risk factor is excessive weight gain, causing fats to accumulate in the upper airways and restricting breathing.
Diagnosis: There is an increased resistance to the air flowing into the upper airways. Patients with severe OSA may stop breathing as often as once every minute, over the entire night's rest. The gold standard is the overnight sleep study or the Watch Pat device.
Treatment: Surgical treatment of OSA includes the traditional uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP). This can be done together with other procedures, like the minimally invasive tongue base sling suture (Tongue Suspension).
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