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According to the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, millions of Americans suffer from a chronic condition called obstructive sleep apnea or OSA and require sleep apnea therapy. This condition occurs when the muscles and soft tissues at the back of the throat close off the airway, causing an individual to periodically cease breathing while asleep.

Who gets sleep apnea?

Men seem particularly prone to OSA, but it happens to women, too. Other predisposing factors include:

• being over 40, and particularly, over 60
• obesity
• large neck size
• big tonsils and/or tongue
• deviated nasal septum
• small nose and/or throat
• acid reflux disease
• allergies

A less common, and more serious, form of the condition is central sleep apnea where respiratory muscles and the brain do not communicate to allow proper and continuous breathing. Central sleep apnea requires aggressive diagnosis and treatment by a physician who specializes in sleep disorders.

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