Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that is causing pauses breathing during the sleep. They can be from a few seconds to a few minutes, and might happen a number of times during the night sleep, then breathing will start again itself.
OSA is a chronic disease, and to detect it there are some special tests that need to be done during the sleep, as it can’t be diagnosed within day hours.
If this disease left untreated, if can be a cause of:
In the last two years the number of accidents that are caused by the excessive daytime sleepiness have risen, and this is a very alarming issue. At the same time the number of accidents that are caused by alcohol or drug used have declined. Due to the sleepiness, especially experienced by shift workers that are doing night shifts or extended shifts, the number of industrial accidents is also on a rise.
Another study confirmed, that because of the luck of concentration and very low level of alertness and reduced performance, people that are doing shift work are at a greater risk of being involved in an accident.
These people are also at risk of developing heart problems, obesity, diabetes, because of the lifestyle they have.
There is no secret that depression is becoming very common these days, and a lot of people are being diagnosed with that disease, and the number is increasing. We all have busy lives, and we often forget that we need to have a break every now and then. We cannot stop thinking and worrying about millions of things at the time, we get stressed out, and this can be a cause for a lot of diseases.
Everybody can be effected by depression at any age. The treatment, however, is available. Antidepressants are commonly used, and when they don’t help, doctor can prescribed you with another successful medicine, such as Provigil.
Apathy is effecting as much as 70% people who have Alzheimer disease. Apathy is also happening in patients with dementia. This condition is often confused with depression, so medical help is needed to understand which one you have.
A new medicine emerged into the market, and this medicine is used to treat people living with Alzheimer disease and dementia. This medication is called Provigil, and it has also a generic name Modafinil. This medicine is very well tolerated, when taken in conjunction with other medicines, which is very important for elderly patients, as they are prescribed a lot of medicines.
Provigil also works very well in people not responding too good to the antidepressants treatment.
