Sleep Related Breathing DisordersMedical Author:
Andrew Verneuil, MD
Andrew Verneuil, MDDoctor Verneuil grew up in Orange County and played high school water polo. He attended UCLA for his undergraduate degree in Kinesiology. Doctor Verneuil graduated from Mayo Medical School. He completed six years of Internship and Residency training in head and neck surgery at UCLA. He is Board Certified with the American Board of Otolaryngology. Medical Editor:
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MDMelissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. What are sleep related breathing disorders?
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Sleep related breathing disorders are a group of disorders that affect our breathing while we are asleep, and are characterized by disruptions of normal breathing patterns that only occur during sleep. Therefore, the person with the disorder may be the last to know he or she has a problem. Sleep related breathing disorders constitute a subset of the broad group of sleep disorders that include many other disorders such as insomnia (difficulty sleeping), hypersomnias (inappropriately falling asleep, for example, narcolepsy), parasomnias (activities during sleep, for example, sleepwalking and sleep terrors), and sleep related movement disorders (for example, restless leg syndrome). The most common sleep related breathing disorders are snoring and sleep apnea. Patient CommentsViewers share their comments
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