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How harmful for your health is snoring on our general health?
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Its can it a problem: Snoring is a significant problem for many people, but it often goes undiagnosed or gets passed off as an irritation, with people being unaware that they are causing more damage to their health by not getting treated, especially if their snoring points to untreated sleep apnea, a serious and potentially life threatening condition. A sleep a study is an important place to start.
Answered 1/19/2014
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Sleep apnea: Snoring is often a sign of sleep apnea- which means that a person is stopping breathing for at least 10 seconds. That means that they are depriving their body of oxygen which is essential to life. This puts them at higher risk for heart attack, stroke, diabetes, automobile accidents. In short, snoring can be very detrimental to one's overall health.
Answered 6/4/2013
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