Are you sleep deprived? by Judi Singleton

We live in a high tech world that simply operates 24/7, so a lot of us

are sleep deprived. Many cities such as my own city of Portland,Oregon,

now have supermarkets, drugstores, video stores and restraunts that are

open 24 hours a day. The people who operate these stores plus the

police, nurses, firemen, factory workers often work a rotating shift.

More people are working from home and do not follow a set schedule, I

know I am one of them. TV stations and radios stations are operating 24

hours a day. Comute times take longer and we play catch up from the

office by taking work home. No wonder most of us are getting 5 hours of

sleep a night or less. Are you one of these people?

Noise pollution as cities grow is a problem too. I know that I work odd

shifts being a caregiver and then have to sleep a lot of times during

the day. Neighbors run loud music, chain saws, lawn mowers. The noise

level never allows me to get enough sleep.

Some people have sleep apena. Sleep apnea means episodes of cessation

of breathing during night time sleep that can occur as often as several

hundred times in a night. Snoring is a warning that the sleeper may be

a victim of sleep apnea.

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

SYMPTOMS

Loud snoring. This can indicate breathing problems or blocked air

passages.

Cessation of breathing or choking spells in the night. In severe cases,

this can occur over fifty times an hour with each hundreds of times a

night with each one lasting as long as ten seconds.

How can you decide if you are getting enough sleep? Ask your self some

questions.

1.Do you find you have lack of attention?

2.Do you experience memory loss?

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