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More often than not, adults have slightly deviated septum or off-centred nose line. That is normal. And that doesn’t merit a septoplasty surgery. The only time that the procedure becomes essential is when the deviated septum and sleep apnea becomes interrelated.
Posted: 2012-02-04
Category: Health & Fitness
Somnoplasty procedure is one of the minor surgical solutions in treating sleep apnea. More than that, the procedure is also a solution to excessive snoring and nasal congestion. This is an outpatient procedure that could last less that an hour, wherein the patient is put under local anaesthesia. It has been gaining popularity due to its low level of pain factor as compared to other sleep apnea operations. Recovery period is short, patients don’t need hospital stay.
Posted: 2012-02-01
Category: Health & Fitness
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder wherein patients are usually the last to know or observe the symptoms. As indications of the breathing disorder only manifest when the patient is asleep, more often than not, he is unaware of his problem. The most common and identifiable sleep apnea symptoms are observed by the sufferers’ family, most specifically their bed partner.
Posted: 2012-01-29
Category: Health & Fitness
A deviated nasal septum is the condition wherein the nasal dividing membrane is off-center or crooked. Though it not easily recognizable from the outside, the condition is common enough and almost 80% of human beings have deviated, dislocated or crooked nasal septum. Dislocation or breaking of the nose cartilage could either be a result to trauma like hitting the nose with hard objects, a fall or could also come from a congenital disorder.
Posted: 2012-01-26
Category: Health & Fitness
Somnoplasty surgery is the only surgical option that uses temperature-controlled radiofrequency energy (TCRF) to reduce and tighten enlarged tissues in the upper airway tract such as the tonsils, nasal passages, palate and base of tongue.
Posted: 2012-01-20
Category: Health & Fitness
Surgery is not always the most favorite option for the doctor treating obstructions in the airway tract. Depending on the location of the obstruction, doctors initially try various non-interventional therapies to allow the patient to breathe normally. However, when all such attempts fail, surgery is imperative.
Posted: 2012-01-20
Category: Health & Fitness
Obstructive sleep apnea affects one out of four Americans. Being overweight is one of the prime causes for someone to be affected with this utterly disabling and distressful health condition. While treatment is based on the severity of the condition, the cause of onset plays an equally important role in therapy selection. Whatever be the state of the illness, doctors recommend weight loss as the first step to get better.
Posted: 2012-01-20
Category: Health & Fitness
