Quotes About Apnea

I actually stop breathing, I think it's 80 times a night, because I have sleep apnea. I've had it since I was a kid.

Dr Leila Kheirandish-Gozal puts it this way: 'Just imagine, someone says to your child "wake up! wake up! wake up!" five times an hour. That's what happens in sleep apnoea, every time an apnoea happens. Every night a child is not treated, is a very big problem

So until babies are closer to term and stuff comes up into the pharynx, their response may be to simply hold their breath, resulting in apnea and sometimes slowing of their heart rate. As one of the more frightening complications of reflux in infancy, this typically warrants treatment and close cardiopulmonary monitoring.

El patrón respiratorio presenta períodos de inspiraciones muy breves, de tipo apneico (respiración casi detenida), seguidos de exhalaciones pasivas incompletas y a veces por una fase espiratoria de tipo "suspiro".

Research suggests that sea level adapted humans that work at the very high altitude 13, 796 feet summit of Mauna Kea may eventually develop sleep apnea and fatigue from the low oxygen environment.