Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterised by repeated pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep, often due to upper airway obstruction or brain signals not properly controlling breathing. Breathing may repeatedly stop and start during sleep resulting in excessive day time sleepiness, morning headaches, and loss of focus significantly impacting the quality of life.
Unrelated sleep apnea an lead to serious health problems including high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
