Clinical studies show a link between chronic pain syndrome and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). For some people, their airflow decreases during sleep which causes sleep disruptions and decreased sleep quality. Sleep-disordered breathing may cause daytime sleepiness, headaches, lack of energy, and Read More …
Category: Patient Education
Are you Aware of how Sleep may Impact your Heart or your Risk for a Stroke?
Clinical studies have shown a link between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and stroke. OSA is a common condition in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, causing a decreased airflow that stresses the heart and the body during the Read More …
Are you Screening? Your Obese Patients For Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
Your Patients May Have A Serious Sleep Disorder What is Obstructive Sleep Apnea? OSA is a common condition, in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep. If left untreated, this condition has been associated with an increased risk Read More …
Do you Snore? Are you Always Tired?
If you snore regularly and experience constant daytime sleepiness, you may have a condition called “sleep apnea.” Although it is as widespread as asthma and diabetes, sleep apnea often remains undiagnosed—a “hidden epidemic.” This checklist can help you identify Read More …
Nebulisers for Asthma
The breathing difficulties that we know as asthma arises because of the narrowing of the air passages of the lungs. It seems sensible therefore to treat asthma by breathing medicines directly into the narrowed air passages. Many of these medicines Read More …
Are you aware of how sleep may impact your diabetes?
Clinical studies have shown a link between Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is a common condition in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, causing a decreased airflow that stresses the heart and raises blood Read More …
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Habitual obstructive pulmonary complaint (COPD) is a type of progressive lung complaint that’s preventable and treatable. COPD is characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and tailwind limitation. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and cough, which may or may not Read More …
How to Fight Flu
What Is Flu and How Is It Caused? Influenza, or flu, is a contagious respiratory disease caused by a virus. when someone who has flu sneezes or coughs, the flu virus is expelled into the air where it may be Read More …
Asthma Education
What is asthma? Asthma is a common disorder which occurs in both children and adults. During an attack there is temporary spasm of the breathing tubes, that is, they contract suddenly and involuntarily, so that the patient finds it hard Read More …