Link between autoimmune disease and sleep apnea

We just came across some interesting news! There is a new link between autoimmune disease and sleep apnea. People who deal with sleep apnea also suffer from autoimmune disease. Many different ailments such as Fibromyalgia, Celiac or gluten sensitivies, Graves disease and Lupus  are associated with autoimmune deficiency. Studies are showing that sleep apnea is prevalent especially in those who suffer from Fibromyalgia. Please read the blog below for more information.

http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Sleep_Apnea/forum/18850737-sleep-apnea-fibro-and

If you suffer from one or more autoimmune diseases, take note: are you suffering with sleep apnea? If so, make an appointment with us today. Call (630) 369-5508 and let us help you break the link between autoimmune disease and sleep apnea in your life.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician-recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.

Oral Appliance Therapy can be the perfect gift! An older gentlemen wanted to give his wife the gift of  NO MORE SNORING. So he came to Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois for treatment of his sleep apnea to surprise his wife. He got an oral appliance to control his snoring.

Let us help you give the perfect gift of no more snoring to your loved one. Call us at (630) 369-5508.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician-recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.

Important! Snoring is a health risk!

Snoring is a health risk! Are you embarrassed or annoyed by your own snoring or someone else’s snoring? Do you snicker when people talk about snoring? It is no laughing matter! People who snore may have a medical condition called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Severe OSA patients have a 40% greater chance of dying earlier than their peers. It’s time to do something about it!

Here are 11 health risks linked to snoring and apnea.

• Stroke – The intensity of snoring and apnea can lead to risk of carotid atherosclerosis.
• Heart disease – We know apnea is linked to cardiovascular problems such as high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and possible heart attacks.
• Arrhythmias – Long term snoring can develop irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia.
• Gerd – Throat closure during apnea causes pressure changes that can suck the contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus.
• Injury – Sleep deprivation can cause driving accidents.
• Mental – Sometimes just crankiness is witnessed, but all too often so is depression and anxiety.
• Headaches – Habitual snorers are likely to have morning headaches.
• Nocturia – Bathroom breaks two or more times during the night is called nocturia.
• Less satisfaction – Men who snore loudly and have OSA have higher levels of impotence.
• Fetal complications – Pregnant women who snore can have an increased risk of fetal complications.
• Excess weight – Half of overweight people have sleep apnea.

Is this post your wake-up call? If you snore, it’s important that you to talk to your physician today. It may add years to your life!

In need of quiet and quality sleep?

In all the years of treating snoring patients, it amazes me to see how many snoring husbands do not deal with snoring and get their snoring “under control” for their wives and vice versa. These individuals usually say that they are sleeping very well and don’t need to get help. Meanwhile their spouses are struggling with frequent awakenings, elbow jabs and some major sleep deprivation.

A modern day diva realizes that if her husband doesn’t deal with snoring, she doesn’t sleep well. And if she doesn’t sleep well, the whole family suffers. She refuses to “fix” sleeplessness by guiding her husband to the spare bedroom.

Here are a few ways that today’s diva can “quiet” her spouse or seek medical intervention to deal with snoring:

• She might make an appointment for her husband and drag him to a surprise medical destination.
• She may beg her family physician to get her husband to take action.
• She may shove a pillow over her spouse’s head. (We don’t’ recommend this one).
• She may withhold amorous affections.
• She may show him the facts. Snoring is often the sign of a life threatening disorder called sleep apnea, which can greatly increase the risk of strokes, heart attack, impotence and even death!
• She may say, “I love you, and I want you to be safe, healthy and QUIET!”
• She may use a special “split” bed that raises the angle of her husband.
• If all else fails, she may stop cooking for him.

Whatever she decides to do, today’s modern day diva needs good quality sleep to operate at her peak. How will you help your husband deal with snoring?

Stroke brainstem damage has been linked with obstructive sleep apnea. Sound serious? It is!

Many people do no realize the significance of having snoring evaluated medically. Although not all snorers have apnea, most apnea patients do snore.

Sleep apnea is marked by interrupted breathing during sleep and can lead to serious problems including heart disease and stroke.

A recent study discusses the link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and stroke brainstem damage.

“People whose brainstems are affected by their stroke have a significantly higher prevalence of sleep apnea than those who have stroke-related injury elsewhere in the brain, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2014.”

If you suspect that you snore often, discuss the need for further evaluation with your primary care physician.

For more details on the study see http://newsroom.heart.org/news/sleep-apnea-common-among-stroke-related-brainstem-injuries.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician recommended treatment option visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630) 369-5508.