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Loss of concentration due to daytime sleepiness can be a manifestation of obstructive sleep apnea. This disease leads to many dangerous complications such as cerebrovascular accident, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, memory loss, high risk of traffic accidents, occupational accidents. Measuring polysomnography is a measure to help overcome the above disease. Mr. Nguyen Van An (55 years old, Hanoi) has a rapid weight gain, weighing up to 86 kg. During the day, he was very sleepy, tired, restless, and was almost hit by a car several times. Going to a health examination at Vinmec International General Hospital, Mr. An was further informed by Doctor Nguyen Manh Tuong - Department of Respiratory Medicine and known for more than 20 years that he often snored. His wife also noticed that there were times when snoring suddenly stopped breathing for 7-10 seconds. After that time, he woke up and had difficulty falling back to sleep. Therefore, even though he went to bed early and woke up late, he was still very tired.
Sappire PSG sleep multi-signature system at Vinmec.
Continuing to examine the ears, nose, throat and maxillofacial teeth, there are no abnormalities, jaw deformities, doctor Tuong assigns the patient to measure sleep polysomnography - an accurate method of diagnosing sleep apnea syndrome due to airway obstruction. respiratory disease – the disease causes health effects and quality of life as Mr. An is experiencing. The result is exactly the same. After measuring polysomnography, Mr. An was determined to have sleep apnea syndrome due to airway obstruction. Tuong has instructed patients how to treat is to wear a CPAP ventilator every day while sleeping. The machine will provide oxygen to the patient when breathing stops. In addition, patients need to improve their diet and increase exercise. As a result, 3 months later, when he was examined again, Mr. An was no longer tired with daytime sleepiness, and at the same time lost 5kg, so his spirit was much better. Talking more about sleep apnea syndrome, doctor Nguyen Manh Tuong said: These symptoms are most obvious in patients who snore. Each pause in the patient's breathing lasts for a period of 10 seconds or more, resulting in a decrease in blood oxygen levels. Therefore, the patient will constantly wake up and make the quality of sleep not high, easily born or irritable, stressed. Statistics show that about 2% of women suffer from this disease. The incidence in men is twice as high as 4%. However, 80-90% of patients are not detected and treated, which increases their risk of cardiovascular disease more than the general population.
Sleep polysomnography can help detect obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in snorers, accompanied by fatigue due to lack of daytime sleep.
Therefore, doctors recommend that when there are signs of sleep apnea mentioned above, patients should go to respiratory specialists immediately. The method of diagnosing the disease is to use a sleep polysomnometer, which records all abnormal signs in sleep. This functional exploration method can record many physiological parameters of the patient during sleep, directly monitor and count the number of pauses in breathing, and monitor the patient's hypoxia. On that basis, the doctor will have an accurate diagnosis and give the appropriate treatment. This is a disease that can cause dangerous complications such as: cerebrovascular accident, angina, myocardial infarction, traffic accident, work accident, memory loss, loss of concentration, sudden death in the night... Therefore, patients need to be examined and treated early to avoid unfortunate consequences.
