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Archive >  Overweight Patients 2008

The Cure for Sleep Apnea

A three-step, minimally invasive approach treats all potential airway obstructions instead of focusing on just one.

Michael Friedman

Obstructive sleep apnea can cause heavy snoring, fitful night sleeps and daytime fatigue. I've had a patient present for OSA treatment after falling asleep while driving … a motorcycle. Another patient wanted to fix his OSA after dozing while representing his client … in the Supreme Court. Aside from risking bodily harm and extreme embarrassment, untreated sleep apnea leads to irritability and sluggishness during the day, fatigue, weight gain, loss of alertness and memory, high blood pressure, hypertension and increased risk of heart disease. Here's a review of treatment options that will prepare your ENT specialty for a caseload that will only increase, thanks to an increased awareness of OSA by both physicians and patients, and a growth in national obesity rates.

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