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Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea means that your breathing often is blocked or partly blocked during sleep. The problem can be mild to severe, based on how often your lungs don't get enough air. This may happen from 5 to 30 or more times an hour.

Risk Factors and Complications
Sleep apnea is common, affecting over 18 million Americans. People most at risk are male, overweight, and over the age of 40, but sleep apnea can affect anyone, even children.

Untreated sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure or other cardiovascular diseases, weight gain, memory issues, headaches, and impotence in men. In addition, the poor sleep associated with sleep apnea can impair your job performance and other tasks that require skill and coordination, like driving.

Learn more about Sleep Apnea

Learn more at full Sleep Apnea Health Topic page

Highlights & Resources

  • Blog Post

    Trouble sleeping? St. Luke’s can help during these anxious times

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  • Article

    Drowsy Driving

    Driving drowsy is as dangerous as driving drunk. 

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  • Article

    Overnight Sleep Studies

    Assess your sleep and its impact on your health and quality of life.

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  • Article

    Multiple Sleep Latency Testing

    Multiple sleep latency testing measures your degree of daytime sleepiness.
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Specialties

Sleep Medicine

Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and narcolepsy.

Procedures & Treatments

  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

    Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) breathe more easily during sleep.

  • Implantable Devices for Sleep Apnea

    If non-invasive therapies like CPAP aren't working for your sleep apnea, St. Luke's offers surgical implants Remede® and Inspire that may offer help.
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