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Symptoms of Sleep Apnea En Español (Spanish Version)
The actual symptoms of sleep apnea when it’s occurring are:
- Very loud snoring
- Episodes of long pauses of interrupted breathing during sleep
- Possibly struggling, snorting, gasping, choking, and partially or completely awakening in an attempt to restart breathing
Symptoms that occur as a result of these episodes of sleep apnea include:
Being evaluated for sleep apnea. American Sleep Apnea Association website. Available at:
http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources/pubs/evaluated.html
. Published May 2005. Accessed September 17, 2008.
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Fact sheet: could my child have sleep apnea? American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery website. Available at:
http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/Could-Child-Have-Sleep-Apnea.cfm
. Accessed September 17, 2008.
NINDS sleep apnea information page.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sleep_apnea/sleep_apnea.htm
. Updated June 2008. Accessed September 17, 2008.
What is sleep apnea?
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website. Available at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/SleepApnea/SleepApnea_WhatIs.html
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Updated February 2008. Accessed September 17, 2008.
Last Reviewed September 2012
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