Top US professor explains why sleep apnea is more common than you'd think (Credit: AP, iStock)
\n\nSleep apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders, yet millions of people may have the condition without knowing it. Because it occurs during sleep, many people remain unaware of the repeated interruptions to their breathing as well as the compounding effects on their health. Dr. Sairam Parthasarathy, director of the Center for Sleep Circadian Neurosciences Research at the University of Arizona and a professor of medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, sheds light on the oversight.
\n\n"Nearly an estimated one billion people in the world have obstructive sleep apnea, many of whom go undiagnosed," Parthasarathy says, describing it as "a chronic medical condition where the upper airway collapses and obstructs during sleep that prevents someone from being able to breathe during that period of time, and their oxygen levels go down, and their sleep gets disrupted because they're not able to breathe."
\n\nHe explains it simply: "when they fall asleep, the throat falls asleep as well, when the throat should actually be open, and it should be allowing them to breathe regularly and normally like the rest of…
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