Sleep apnea is quite a common sleep disorder that affects about 26 percent of the population in the US. This problem results in your breathing intermittently stopping and then starting during sleep. This action is involuntary, and a blocked airway mainly causes it.
The most common type of this sleep disorder is obstructive sleep apnea which is a result of the repeated collapse of the airway behind the throat. The airway is blocked as a result of an insufficient stimulus to the muscles around it air cannot reach the lungs. The stimulated muscles usually contract to prevent the airway from collapsing so that it does not block during breathing.
The condition can also be a result of the signaling problem within the brain where the breathing signal is lost briefly … Read the rest
