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Sleep Apnea
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Sleep, why do people sleep at all? Why can't we just stay awake? Some
biologist suggest that sleep provides the opportunity to conduct self-repair and
purge the body of it's waste that has built up during the day's activity.
Nevertheless, the body is capable of repairing itself and disposing of wa ....
Middle of essay ....orld wide attention, affecting
over 15 million people. Apnea, derived from the Greek word "want to breath."
Sleep Apnea (cessation of air flow at the mouth for greater than 10 seconds) can
reflect 1) loss of central nervous system drive to maintain ventilation, 2)
mechanical upper airway obstruction, or combinations of both. The second
edition of Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease states "Conversely, obstructive
forms of sleep apnea are due to an abnormal relaxation of the posterior
pharyngea.... |
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