If often wake up other family members with your snoring, don’t feel well rested in the mornings, or feel out of breath in the middle of the night, you may have sleep apnea. While this is a common problem for many Americans, it can be detrimental to your physical, mental, and oral health. Sunny Smiles… Read more »
Category: Snoring/Sleep Apea
Embrace The Day With Better Sleep
If you struggle to make it to lunchtime without feeling exhausted, it may be a sign that you have a common sleep disorder related to your oral health. Two of the five most common of these conditions center around the function of your mouth and your throat, and they can make it difficult to enjoy… Read more »
A Treatment For Your Sleep Apnea
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air? If this happens to you or you routinely wake up each morning feeling as if you have not slept, you may suffer from sleep apnea. Other symptoms include loud snoring that goes on through the night and painful headaches when you… Read more »
We Provide Help For Sleep Apnea
Do you wake up feeling restless each morning? Have others let you know that you snore loudly at night? When these symptoms present, they could mean that you have sleep apnea. Left untreated, this condition not only saps your energy but can serious risks to your heart health as well. In today’s blog, your Sunny… Read more »
How to Tell if You Might Have Sleep Apnea
When you know that you have sleep apnea, the need to treat it can seem obvious. However, if you don’t know that you have sleep apnea, you may not even realize it, despite the fact that the signs can become increasingly more apparent as time goes by. At our Northeast El Paso dental office, we… Read more »
A Guide to Having Sleep Apnea
If you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), then you may or may not realize it. The condition can deprive you of necessary sleep by constantly interrupting your sleep breathing pattern, but it doesn’t usually wake you from consciousness during these interruptions. As a result, you may be losing sleep long before you start to realize… Read more »
Have Sleep Apnea? What You Should Worry About Beside Snoring
When you have sleep apnea – a disorder that causes you to stop breathing in your sleep – one of the most obvious signs is a loud and distinct pattern of snoring. In fact, many patients mistake their sleep apnea for nothing more than a snoring habit, causing many of them to endure the condition… Read more »
Do You Snore? You Might Be a Candidate for Treatment
Snoring doesn’t always seem like such a big deal, especially when it doesn’t occur every night or it isn’t excessively loud. However, for many patients, ignoring it can lead to a host health concerns that may not be immediately obvious, but could have dramatic impacts over time. For patients in El Paso who experience chronic… Read more »
Is Sleep Apnea the Reason You’re So Tired?
If you feel yourself becoming more tired every day, then trouble sleeping may be the cause. However, if that trouble is in the form of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), then you might not immediately realize it. Patients in El Paso who have sleep apnea can lose valuable, deep sleep every night due to an obstruction… Read more »
Snore Too Much? Here’s What You Should Know
Snoring isn’t usually considered a health problem, though it is a common (and sometimes serious) annoyance. For patients in El Paso, TX, who snore too much, however, it can pose a significant risk to your long-term health and wellbeing. In addition to the common causes behind snoring, which often involve a partially blocked airway, the… Read more »