A delightful joke.

In the TV series "Bright Sword", there is such a classic plot: Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie chat and brag. First of all, Ding Wei joked that Li Yunlong snored so loudly that he couldn't sleep even if he didn't listen to his classmates. There was a gun outside. He didn't wake up and thought Li Yunlong was snoring.

The conversation between the three people is really hilarious, and even reminds people of those groups who snore like thunder in their daily lives.

In general cognition, it is considered that snoring during sleep is a good performance of sleep quality, but it is not. Experts say that snoring is a disease called sleep apnea syndrome.

PS: At the end of the message, you are welcome to spit out your teammates who snore, or the time when they are tortured by snoring. If it can make everyone laugh, I'll give you a gift on behalf of my fans. Of course, the article must be read. ...

What is sleep apnea syndrome?

Xu Wenbing, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory Medicine of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, said: Sleep apnea syndrome is actually a syndrome of sleep apnea. The main symptom is snoring, which is accompanied by respiratory arrest.

Sleep apnea syndrome can be diagnosed if the apnea time exceeds 10 second each time and there are more than 30 apnea phenomena within 7 hours of sleep at night.

The diagnosis of this disease needs to go to the hospital for regular sleep monitoring and examination, and take the machine to see how long the pause time is in one night and how low the minimum blood oxygen can reach. If you suspect that you have this disease, don't scare yourself. Be sure to go to the hospital for examination.

But at the same time, we can't think that this is just a small problem like snoring. If we don't pay attention to it and let it develop, it will eventually cause very serious consequences, even death.

The harm of sleep apnea

The harm of sleep apnea is mainly manifested in two aspects: First, intermittent hypoxia. The second is to seriously reduce the quality of sleep.

Both of them have great influence on people's health. Failure to sleep effectively at night can lead to daytime sleepiness, memory loss, inattention, slow response and so on.

If patients with sleep apnea syndrome are not treated properly for a long time, they may damage the functions of heart, brain, lung, kidney and other organs, causing diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, heart failure, stroke and Alzheimer's disease. The risk of serious accidents while driving due to excessive fatigue and drowsiness is also greatly increased.

In 20 15 years, a prospective survey on 1534 17 samples showed that the risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in patients with sleep apnea was significantly higher than that in those without sleep apnea, and the death risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases was 13. 13%, and those without sleep apnea died of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

In the worst case, you may suffocate in your sleep.

There is an article in the newspaper that "someone snored at the New Year's Injury Prevention Conference held in Nanjing". Although it is ridiculous to fall asleep at such an important meeting, we think carefully that the lethargy in such a neglected occasion may be the influence of sleep apnea syndrome. Never take it lightly.

Although the disease mostly occurs in middle-aged and obese men, young people should pay more attention to it, and even children may suffer from sleep apnea syndrome.

Bu Nian, the chief physician of Ningbo First Hospital, once told a case: Qiang Qiang, a third-grade primary school student, was originally a good student with excellent academic performance, but the teacher recently found that he was inattentive and absent-minded in class, always sleeping at his desk, and his academic performance declined.

Teachers and parents were very anxious. Later, after being reminded, they went to the hospital for a special outpatient examination for sleep and breathing disorders. The result is sleep apnea syndrome.

Qiang Qiang is young and not fat. Why did you get this disease? It turns out that Qiang Qiang suffers from chronic pharyngitis. After examination, his bilateral tonsils were swollen three times, which almost blocked all the passages in the pharyngeal cavity.

Relevant data show that the prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome in children is about 2%. If parents find that their children snore loudly and sometimes irregularly, they must seek medical treatment as soon as possible so as not to affect their growth and development. ?

In fact, the super noise of snoring also has a certain impact on marriage. Please see the picture below:

How to deal with sleep apnea syndrome

Get down to business. Sleep apnea syndrome is essentially a disease caused by the obstruction of upper respiratory tract, which leads to the inability of airflow to pass through. There are many reasons.

Like obesity. Too much fat is deposited in the neck, causing the stenosis of the respiratory tract; Drinking alcohol and taking sedative sleeping pills. Restrain breathing and aggravate snoring; Smoking. Cause respiratory inflammation and edema, leading to respiratory stenosis; Age. Neuromuscular dysfunction caused by aging; Nasopharyngeal diseases or congenital anatomical malformations.

Sleep apnea syndrome cannot heal itself, so once it comes on, it must be treated actively. Although there is no effective therapeutic drug at present, we can carry out targeted treatment according to its causes. Current treatments include:

1. Change your living habits. For example, lose weight and exercise properly; Do not smoke or drink, and adhere to a healthy lifestyle; Sleep in lateral position to reduce the decline of tongue base.

2. Ventilator treatment with nasal continuous positive pressure ventilation. This is an effective and safe method to treat sleep apnea syndrome at present. At present, 70%-80% of patients around the world are using this method.

3. Oral appliances. Wearing braces when sleeping can prevent snoring.

4. Surgical treatment. For example, Qiang Qiang has completely returned to normal after bilateral tonsillectomy.

Chen Xin, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of China-Japan Friendship Hospital, pointed out that there is no single treatment for sleep apnea syndrome, and different treatment methods must be adopted according to different conditions.

Therefore, if you suspect that you have this disease, you must check it in time, follow the doctor's advice and actively treat it. Maybe sleep apnea syndrome won't make you fall down immediately, so it doesn't seem so worthy of attention. But experts show that the cure of this disease can effectively improve the quality of work and life of patients.

I hope everyone can spend every day actively and happily.

(The picture in this article comes from the network)