Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
A lot a people suffer from Sleep apnea and don’t even know it!
Check out this article written by Dr Christopher Chang by Fauquir ENT, where he explains why people suffer from this and how they can treat it.
Sleep endoscopy is a special procedure to determine exactly where an upper airway obstruction is localized causing obstructive sleep apnea or snoring while a person is sleeping.
There are two distinct components to this procedure:
1) Endoscopy is when a thin flexible camera is inserted through the nose in order to examine the entire upper airway from the tip of the nose to the voice box.
2) Sleep (or sedated) endoscopy is when the endoscopy is performed while a patient is sleeping instead of wide-awake as traditionally performed.
Given most patients will immediately wake up if a doctor is inserting something into the nose, an anesthesiologist uses IV medications to sedate the patient.
What are some of these areas of obstruction?
Areas that will be specifically examined during sleep endoscopy include:
Behind the palate
Uvula
Back of Tongue
Walls of the Throat
Epiglottis
Voice box
There is definitely a lot of great information in this article, click on the link below to finish reading it:
Here is another interesting video showing “Where” Snoring Comes From (Sleep Endoscopy):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNmSexAKTsM<!--EndFragment-->
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