Posts Tagged ‘Sleep Disorders’

Always falling a sleep? Maybe it’s Narcolepsy

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Always Falling Asleep 

Have you ever been sitting and all of a sudden you dooze off? I have seen co-workers sitting at a computer charting and the next minute the computer is buzzing. I look at the person and they had fallen asleep with there finger on the keyboard and the same letter going across, row after row after row.

This person most likely is suffering from lack of sleep - sleep deprivation. But there is a sleep disorder that causes people to fall asleep at anytime. It’s called Narcolepsy. (more…)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

If your physician wants to evaluate you for the possible diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, he/she will send you to a sleep laboratory. You will go to sleep, on your own, during the test. Not too many medical tests are this easy on the patient - totally pain free. (more…)