Many Stop Breathing During Sleep; A CPAP System Can Help

Sleep apnea is commonplace in the United States, even if the person is unaware it is happening. Each pause in breathing, called an apnea, can last from a few seconds to minutes. These breaks in regular breathing patterns may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour, and sometimes hundreds of times during the night. In each single breathing pause, the brain arouses people with sleep apnea in order for them to resume breathing. As a result, sleep is extremely fragmented and of poor quality...

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