Description

Sleep disorders center

In
the Kolan Hospital Group Sleep Disorders Clinic, up-to-date diagnosis and
treatment practices are carried out with a multidisciplinary approach, together
with the branches of Neurology, Chest Diseases, Otorhinolaryngology, for sleep
problems.

The
sleep period covers the period of the daily rhythm, which we call night, in
which all activities of the body slow down and decrease. Towards the
evening, when the body gets tired, its bodily functions begin to decline and
become ready for sleep that will begin a few hours later. The sleep period
is the period when tired and worn tissues are regenerated and
repaired. Therefore, adequate breathing and oxygen is needed.

Sleep
apnea is when breathing stops for at least 10 seconds while asleep and repeats
5 or more times per hour. This is followed by a short-term awakening
period (arousal) that the patient cannot notice. Sleep that passes with
sleeping and waking up causes the body to wake up tired without rest.

Lack
of oxygen in the period of respiratory arrest affects the whole organism,
especially the brain. Due to the excessive work of the respiratory
muscles, the patient wakes up both tired and in a poor
concentration. Daily activity quality decreases. The patient falls
asleep whenever possible. Failure, unhappiness, boredom and accidents
increase due to the decrease in decision-making and analysis ability, and
inability to concentrate. If there are cardiovascular diseases, high blood
pressure, lung diseases, it becomes worse, otherwise the ground for them begins
to form.

Snoring
is performing breathing loudly or loudly during sleep. There is usually
apnea with it. Whether it is snoring or apnea, the cause is a narrowing or
congestion in any part of the path where breath air enters and leaves. The
most important reason for this congestion is the nose. The most common
cause of nasal congestion is the curvature of the bone and cartilage structure
(septum deviation) that divides the nasal cavity into two. In cases of the
throat and palate (such as small tongue prolapse), they can cause apnea and
snoring. Thickening of the neck area and tongue due to excessive weight
gain may also cause snoring.

Polysomnography
(sleep test) is the most important diagnostic method in which the respiratory,
heart, vascular and brain functions are evaluated and the average number of
breaths per hour is determined by putting the patient to sleep overnight.