Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome(OSAS)
Disease Overview:
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome(OSAS), was due to some reason which led to airway obstruction, stop breath from time to time during sleep, accompanied by hypoxia, snoring, daytime sleepiness and other more complex symptoms. Any parts of the upper respiratory tract obstructive lesions can be caused OSAS.
OSAS showed snoring loudness is greater than 60dB, prevent those people who sleep in the same room. Accompanied with sleep apnea, and apnea index greater than 5 above; Night-time low oxygen saturation measured values, in the sleep apnea period, the thoracic and abdominal breathing movements can be seen forced, at the end of breath holding can be heard a snoring sound, and exhaled an outbreak of a long-winded。
The treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome should be based on severity of symptoms, the number of clinical complications, causes of airway obstruction and patients physical condition, using different treatment. The most common surgical method for the OSAS is uvulopalatopharyngoplasty operation.