| When the throat specialist I consulted diagnosed | | | | swelling of the tonsils, or are obese. |
| that I suffer from mild sleep apnea, I decided I | | | | The third kind i.e. Mixed Sleep Apnea is when you |
| wouldn't rush in and accept the offered solution, | | | | suffer from Central sleep deprivation and have a |
| which was to have some contraptions either | | | | wind pipe that is frequently physically blocked. |
| strapped to my face or implanted in my mouth | | | | Natural treatments |
| so I could get a good night's sleep. | | | | If you suffer from a mild sleep apnea, some |
| The doctor warned that not taking immediate | | | | natural remedies might help. This might sound |
| remedial action for mild sleep apnea could make | | | | ridiculous to you but I found that drinking a nice |
| the situation worse and in the long term, prove | | | | warm glass of milk with a pinch of turmeric |
| fatal. I think I've been having mild sleep deprivation | | | | powder (available at any grocery store), before |
| for as long as I can remember so I decided that | | | | sleeping gave me sound, natural, restful sleep. So |
| another week or two won't make matters any | | | | long as you add just a pinch of turmeric powder |
| worse. A good night's sleep would have to wait | | | | you won't need any sugar in it. |
| until I did some research of my own. To begin | | | | If you happen to be lactose intolerant, you might |
| with, I decided to talk to a few friends about it as | | | | want to try a warm glass of herbal tea. Both |
| well as research the net for possible natural | | | | these remedies will provide temporary cure for |
| solutions. I'm really glad I did. | | | | any throat infection and go a long way towards |
| Different types of sleep apnea | | | | giving you some much need sleep. |
| Through my research I found out that there | | | | If neither of these remedies sound appealing to |
| were three versions of sleep apnea. These are: | | | | you, add a pinch of salt to a cup of warm water |
| (a) Central sleep apnea, (b) Obstructive apnea and | | | | (as hot as you can take it) and gargle with it. You |
| (c) Mixed Apnea. | | | | will get instant relief from any throat infection |
| I guess you know that our brain controls | | | | which in turn will reduce the effects of mild apnea. |
| everything, even our breathing. In central sleep | | | | I know this might be difficult, but try and sleep on |
| deprivation, the signals from our brain are lost in | | | | your side rather than on your back. If you are a |
| transit resulting in our breathing system kind of | | | | smoker, either give it up or at least dramatically |
| misfiring i.e. it might briefly skip inhaling or exhaling. | | | | cut down on the number of smokes you have |
| Obstructive Sleep deprivation occurs when your | | | | during the second half of the day. Lastly, if you |
| breathing is physically blocked i.e. your wind pipe | | | | feel the air in your room is too dry, try using an |
| won't allow air to pass through. This can happen if | | | | air humidifier. All these or a combination of them |
| you have a severe cold and suffer from acute | | | | will help you combat mild sleep apnea. |