Should The Experience of Sleep Apnea Treatment Be Like An Alien Attack?

Loud snoring ruins the lives of millions: the snorers’ as well as those who have to listen to it frequently. However, snoring isn’t just an annoyance. It can hint at a serious sleeping disorder: sleep apnea. Not only does the condition cause frustration in itself, but when looking at the comfort of it, its treatment could be compared to an attack of Aliens. How could digital health help patients who undergo sleep apnea treatment? Are there any ways to get rid of the Aliens? Almost 1 in 7 people have sleep apnea worldwide ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone’, that’s one of the troubles with snoring, expressed brilliantly by one of the most influential British writer of the 20th century, Anthony Burgess, most known for A Clockwork Orange. Nevertheless, the curse of loud breathing during the night not only leaves its endurer alone, but it could also signify serious health troubles, such as sleep apnea. If you snore really loudly and feel tired even after a full night’s sleep, you might have the condition. Its most common type, obstructive sleep apnea – when you stop breathing briefly and repeatedly during sleep due to the relaxation of throat muscles -, sours the life of more than 936 million people worldwide. That estimate – nearly 10 times higher than previous ones – stems from the study entitled Global Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), published in 2018, which was conducted by an international panel of research...
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