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What Factors Increase the Risk of Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea Risk factors:
- Being overweight
- Nasal congestion or obstruction
- Large tonsils and/or adenoids, having a “crowded throat”, large tongue or small jaw
- Lung disease, atrial fibrillation and heart failure
- Scoliosis or muscle weakness
- Sedating medicines and alcohol
- Hypothyroidism and certain other endocrine (hormonal) disorders
Apnea has been associated with:
- Heart attacks
- Convulsions
- Memory problems
- Slowed thinking
- Iirritability
- Mood swings
- Depression
- High speed highway crashes
For more information or to learn if you or your spouse has sleep apnea, call (402) 644-7404.
Last Updated: 8/24/2006
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