An estimated 20 million Americans have sleep apnea, and many don’t even know it. Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. If you snore loudly and feel tired after a full night's sleep, you might have sleep apnea. Sleep apnea can affect people of any age, including infants and children, but it’s most often seen in men over 40, especially those who are overweight or obese.
Treatments for sleep apnea can include lifestyle changes, oral devices and sometimes surgery. Multiple effective treatment options are available for obstructive sleep apnea. And now there is a new treatment for the less common form of sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, or CSA. Previous treatments for central sleep apnea largely have been ineffective, as they haven't tackled the source of the problem. The new device, called Remedē, is an implanted device that stimulates the nerves and muscles that keep people with central sleep apnea breathing throughout the night. Mayo Clinic is the first in Minnesota to use the device, which is newly-approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
On the next Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler, a Mayo Clinic sleep medicine specialist, will discuss diagnosing and treating sleep apnea. Dr. Morgenthaler also serves as chief patient safety officer for Mayo Clinic. Also on the program, Dr. Brent Bauer, director of research for the Mayo Clinic Integrative Medicine Program, and Dr. Karen Mauck, a Mayo Clinic internal medicine specialist, will discuss how to know which CBD products are safe to use. And Dr. Kaisorn Chaichana, a Mayo Clinic neurologic surgeon, will explain minimally invasive surgical techniques for hard-to-treat brain tumors.
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Takriban Wamarekani milioni 20 wana ugonjwa wa kupumzika wakati wa usingizi, na wengi hawajui. Apnea ya usingizi ni ugonjwa wa usingizi ambao unaweza kuwa mbaya sana, na hupunguza uwezo wa kupumua. Ikiwa unakohoa kwa sauti kubwa na kuhisi uchovu baada ya kulala usingizi mzima usiku, huenda ukawa na ugonjwa wa kupumua usingizi. Apnea ya usingizi inaweza kuathiri watu wa umri wowote, ikiwa ni pamoja na watoto wachanga na watoto, lakini mara nyingi huonekana kwa wanaume zaidi ya miaka 40, haswa wale ambao wana uzito wa ziada au wanene. Matibabu ya ugonjwa wa kupumua wakati wa usingizi yaweza kutia ndani mabadiliko ya mtindo wa maisha, vifaa vya mdomo na nyakati nyingine upasuaji. Kuna njia nyingi za kutibu ugonjwa huo kwa njia yenye matokeo. "Hata hivyo, kuna matibabu mapya ya aina ya ugonjwa wa kupumua wakati wa usingizi, unaoitwa ""Central Sleep Apnea"" (CSA)." Matibabu ya awali ya ugonjwa wa kupumua usingizi kwa kiasi kikubwa yamekuwa yasiyofaa, kwa kuwa hayajazingatia chanzo cha tatizo hilo. Kifaa hicho cha Remedee kinaweza kuchochea misuli na mishipa ya mwili ili watu wenye ugonjwa wa kupumua wakati wa usingizi waweze kupumua usiku kucha. Kliniki ya Mayo ni ya kwanza katika Minnesota kutumia kifaa hicho, ambacho kimekubaliwa hivi karibuni na Utawala wa Chakula na Dawa. Katika kipindi cha redio cha Mayo Clinic, Daktari Timothy Morgenthaler, mtaalamu wa matibabu ya usingizi wa Mayo Clinic, atazungumza juu ya kugundua na kutibu ugonjwa wa kupumua usingizi. Daktari Morgenthaler pia hutumika kama afisa mkuu wa usalama wa mgonjwa kwa Mayo Clinic. Brent Bauer, Mkurugenzi wa Utafiti wa Programu ya Tiba ya Kuunganisha ya Kliniki ya Mayo, na Karen Mauk, Mtaalamu wa Tiba ya Ndani ya Kliniki ya Mayo, watajadili jinsi ya kujua ni bidhaa gani za CBD salama kutumia. Kaisern Chaichana, daktari wa upasuaji wa neva wa Mayo Clinic, anaelezea mbinu za upasuaji za upasuaji wa chini kwa uvimbe wa ubongo ambao ni vigumu kutibu. Ili usikie programu hiyo, tafuta shirika linalohusiana na hilo katika eneo lenu. Kupoteza show? Hapa kuna podcast yako ya Mayo Clinic Radio. Tumia hashtag #MayoClinicRadio na tweet maswali yako. Mayo Clinic Radio ni juu ya iHeartRadio. Mayo Clinic Radio inazalisha programu ya redio ya kila wiki ya saa moja inayoangazia habari za afya na matibabu kutoka Mayo Clinic.