Clinical Sleep Solutions

Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a breathing problem that only occurs when we sleep. The upper airway keeps blocking because the tongue and upper muscles in the throat relax causing an obstruction in breathing (apnea) lasting 10 – 60 seconds. This obstruction or pause in breathing occurs every 12 minutes and in severe cases as often as every 30 seconds. The pauses are followed by gasping, snoring, or thrashing around.