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Sleep Apnea chu kan muthilh laia kan thaw (breathe) vawi khat aia tam tawp (pause) awm thin hi a ni. He thaw tawp (pause) awm thin hi second reilo te atanga minute engemaw zat te a awm thei a. Vawi 5 atanga vawi 30 te emaw darkar hial thlengin a awm thei bawk. Chutianga thaw a buai hnu chuan pangngai takin an thaw leh a, tin, ring takin an hnâr thin bawk. Sleep Apnea hian hming dang pahnih a nei a, chungte chu – Sleep-disordered breathing leh Cheyne-Strokes breathing te an ni.

Sleep apnea hi kar tin zan thum aia tam mut tibuai fo thin a ni a. Hei hian zan mut that loh a siam a chhun lamah mi a ti nguai a mut a chhuak em em thin a ni.Sleep apnea hi natna hriatchhuah loh/hmuhchhuah loh a ni fo a. Sleep apnea kan neih leh neih loh hi Blood Test atanga hriat theih mai anih loh avangin Doctor-te kan va rawn pawh hian an ni pawhin an hre thei mai lo thin.

Sleep apnea kan neih leh neih loh hi mahnia inhriat har tak a ni. A chhan chu muthilh lai chauhva thil thleng a nih vang a ni. Kan chenpui kan chhungte emaw kan nupui/pasal te hian an hre hmasa thei ber ang. He sleep apnea hi a bik takin rit lutuk (overweight) ho ah a awm tlangpuia, mahse naupang atanga puitling thlengin an nei thei vek tho a ni.

Sleep apnea hi chi hnih a awm a, chungte chu Central Sleep Apnea leh Obstructive Sleep Apnea te an ni. Central Sleep Apnea hi chuan kan thawkna (breathing) lo control tu kan thluak a mi in signal tha tawk tak breathing muscles-ah a pek loh vang a ni.

Sleep apnea kan neih leh neih loh hriatchhuah vat anih loh va, enkawl lova kan awm reng chuan heng te hi kan tawk thei:

1. B.P. sang, heart attack, stroke, obesity leh diabetes.
2. Heart failure a siam thei
3. Lungphu (heartbeat) mumal lo a thlen thei
4. Hnathawh lai emaw motor khalh lai emaw ah nikhaw hrelovin a awm theih.

Sleep Apnea chu engvanga lo awm nge?

Kan muthilh loh (harh) lai chuan kan hrawk a muscles te hi khawng tha takin an awm a chu chuan kan thawkna dawt tha takin a hawnga, tha takin kan thaw thei thin a. Kan muthilh lai erawh chuan chu kan hrawk muscles te chu an lo chawl ve a, hei hian thawk na dawt a hnawh ve fo thei ani.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea nei kan nih chuan kan muthilh lain kan thawkna dawt chu kan hrawk leh kan lei (tongue) a chawlh ve thin avangin a hnawh thei thin. Tin, kan overweight chuan kan thawkna dawt chu a ti zim (narrow) thei bawk. Heng avanga kan chuap in boruak tha tawk a dawn loh chuan ring tak takin kan hnâr a, kan thisena oxygen level pawh nasa takin a tla hniam thei a ni. Chu kan thisena oxygen level alo tlakhniam viau chuan B.P. sang, heart attack, stroke leh lungphu mumal lo te a thleng thei thin a ni.

Sleep Apnea hi hmeichhia ah ai mahin mipa ah a tam zawk a. Kan upat chhoh telh telh hian he natna veina chance hi a tam telh telh a ni. Hmeichhia ah chuan a bik takin thi hul (menopause) hnuah an nei tlangpui thei a ni. Tin, naupangah chuan an tonsil a lian (enlarged) in a awm thei bawk.

Signs and Symptoms

He natna nei hriat awlsam dan ber chu hun rei tawh tak atanga ring tak taka hnâr thin te an ni. An hnâr lai in tawp (pause) a awm thin a, boruak hip har ti takin an awm thin a ni. Zangthala an mut hian an hnâr ring lehzual a, a sir zawnga mut in a ring nep deuh bawk thin. Mahse, hnâr nazawng hian sleep apnea an nei tihna erawh a ni kher lo.

He natna in kaihhnawih dang a neih te chu zing thawh hlima lu na te, thil ding taka ngaihtuah theih loh na te, hriatreng theih loh na te, lungngai (ngui) na te, mood swing te, zana zunchhuak sek te, zing thawh hlima hrawk ro/thip te an ni bawk a ni.
Engtinnge Sleep apnea chu an diagnosed?

Kan muthilh lai in Polysomnogram (poly-SOM-no-gram) PSG an tih mai hmang hian an en thin a. Hei hian kan thluak hnathawh dan te, kan mit (eye) chet dan te, kan muscles hrang hrang che vel te, kan thawk (breathing) dan te, kan heart rate te, kan chuap ah boruak eng anga tam nge lut a chhuak thin tih te, kan thisena oxygen level te a monitor-a, a record thin a ani. PSG test hi a hlauhawm lova, kan lu vun ah te, kan hmai ah te, kan awm (chest) ah te, kan kutke leh kutzungtang ah te khawl hi an vuah fur a, tichuan kan muthilh hlanin khawl hian a tih tur a lo ti mai a ni.

Sleep Apnea Treatment
A enkawl dan chi hrang hrang a awma chungte chu:
Lifestyle changes – Zu (Alcohol) in loh, weight tih hniam, damdawi min ti mutchhuak chi ei loh, zangthala mu lovin a sir zawnga mut.

Mouthpieces – Dentist emaw Orthodontist ten ka (mouth) chhunga vuah tur an siam vuah.

Breathing devices – Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) khawl hman. He khawl hi a hmawr ah mask a awma chu chu mut dawna vuah mai tur ani a. Hei hian boruak kan hip luh leh kan thawk chhuah tha takin a control a ni.

Surgery – Mi thenkhat erawh chu an thawkna dawt (breathing passages) tih zau (widening) a ngai thin a, zai an ngai ve fo thin bawk.

Sleep Apnea enkawl nan hian tun thlengin dawmdawi a la awm rih lo a ni.