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  2. If your Apple Watch alerts you to sleep apnea, here’s what it ...

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    In general, Apple’s testing found that the watch picked up on any degree of sleep apnea about 66% of the time. It was more accurate at detecting severe bad sleep apnea, correctly alerting users ...

  3. What is Sleep Apnea? Symptoms & Treatment Options - AOL

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    Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than 20 percent of people in the United States. It happens when your breathing temporarily stops while you sleep. Depending on the severity ...

  4. Catathrenia - Wikipedia

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    Catathrenia must be distinguished from moaning during epileptic seizures, central sleep apnea, sleep-related laryngospasm, snoring, and stridor. [2] Since polysomnography alone is insufficient to correctly distinguish catathrenia from central sleep apnea, a video-polysomnography with audio recording is necessary to diagnose catathrenia and ...

  5. Cheyne–Stokes respiration - Wikipedia

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    Causes may include heart failure, kidney failure, narcotic poisoning, intracranial pressure, and hypoperfusion of the brain (particularly of the respiratory center). The pathophysiology of Cheyne–Stokes breathing can be summarized as apnea leading to increased CO 2 which causes excessive compensatory hyperventilation, in turn causing decreased CO 2 which causes apnea, restarting the cycle.

  6. Obstructive sleep apnea - Wikipedia

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    A little over 50% of all people with Down syndrome experience obstructive sleep apnea, [59] and some physicians advocate routine testing of this group. [60] In other craniofacial syndromes, the abnormal feature may actually improve the airway, but its correction may put the person at risk for obstructive sleep apnea after surgery when it is ...

  7. What Is Sleep Apnea? Your Complete Guide - AOL

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    Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder that affects more than 20 percent of people in the United States. It happens when your breathing temporarily stops while you sleep. Depending on the severity ...

  8. FDA greenlights sleep apnea detection on new Apple Watch - AOL

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    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Apple’s new sleep apnea detection feature on three of its latest watch models, the company confirmed Monday. The feature — available for the ...

  9. Microsleep - Wikipedia

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    Microsleep is extremely dangerous when it occurs in situations that demand constant alertness, such as driving a motor vehicle or working with heavy machinery. People who experience microsleeps often remain unaware of them, instead believing themselves to have been awake the whole time, or to have temporarily lost focus.