Sleep Apnoea Causes Another Fatal Traffic Accident

I'm sure you've heard about this tragedy on the news so I won't go back again over the damaging health effects of snoring and apnoea. Instead, I'll quote from the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2:

"Of all the medical conditions a driver can suffer from, sleep apnoea is the most likely to cause a serious accident."

Sleep apnoea is a condition that causes a sleeper to alternate between snoring and not breathing for several seconds at a time.

This can happen hundreds of times during the night.

Not only does this place a strain upon the heart and cause increased blood pressure, it also prevents the sufferer from ever reaching the level of sleep they need to refresh themselves.

It's not how much time you spend asleep that matters; it's how much of that time is beneficial. In cases of sleep apnoea, the answer can be - NONE OF IT!

A person getting no effective sleep night after night is a walking bomb.

If this applies to you or to someone you know, please, please don't ignore it.

So what can you do?

The short answer is that you need to get more oxygen to your brain while you're asleep. There are essentially 2 ways of doing this:

• Push air into your lungs under pressure using a machine.

• Open the airway so more oxygen gets through at normal pressure.

(In the long term, there may be other things you need to do as well, but this is what you need to do now.)

In most cases, opening the airway using a night guard that you wear on your teeth will achieve the desired result. As a Solutions 4 Snoring registered dentist, I can sort that out for you.

In cases where a night guard is not the best solution, I will refer you to The Birmingham Sleep Clinic.

The Sleep Clinic can only see patients who are referred to them (from their dentist or GP). The problem with getting a referral from your GP is that they cannot offer an effective alternative, so you may well end up being sent back here.

So call us now on 0121 236 8681 and arrange a free assessment.

There's no need to let snoring wreck your life - and it would be crazy to let apnoea end it (or somebody else's life).