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Do you have Snoring and Sleep apnea- Test Yourself

March 16, 2010

Epworth Sleepiness Scale
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a scale intended to measure daytime sleepiness that is measured by use of a very short questionnaire. This can be helpful in diagnosing sleep disorders. It was introduced in 1991 by Dr Murray Johns of Epworth Hospital in Melbourne, Australia
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale is a “test” based [...]

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Facts about Snoring in Woman

March 16, 2010

Please read this only if you are a snoring woman and suffer from sleep disorder-sleep apnea.
May be it is embarrassing for you
May be you are disrupting your partner’s sleep
Maybe your snoring is loud enough to even disturb the sleep of family members sleeping in other rooms in the house or the house next door.
I’m sure [...]

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Why are you grinding teeth in sleep- Bruxism

March 11, 2010

According to my wife, I grind my teeth in my sleep. Every now and again she’ll wake up to the most awful rock grinding noise. She’ll try to get me to stop doing it by holding my jaw, poking me and waking me from sleep. It is disturbing her sleep and asking why I am [...]

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Stop Snoring and Save your marriage-Treatment for Snoring and Sleep apnea.

March 8, 2010

“I can’t stay up all night and listen to his snoring. I have to be in office by 8.30 every morning. So I have to wake him up when he snores,” said Shoba a 28-year-old IT professional. “She snores too,” shot back, her husband Mohan , 32 year old mechanical engineer. This is ruining our [...]

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Feeling lump or food being stuck in the throat- Globus pharyngeus

March 7, 2010

Globus pharyngeus is the term applied to the sensation of a lump or discomfort in the throat. This is a fairly common condition and represents about 5% of new referrals to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist.

Some feels as a vitamin capsule being stuck, or a part of food like curry leaf, or some food [...]

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Sleep Apnea-I am not crazy after all

February 27, 2010

True (sad) story of a snorer
Mr. Sajeevan hails from a village in the outskirts of Trivandrum city, called vedivechaan kovil, the kovil(temple) is famous for it fire works by the passing by devotees. The bursting of barrel crackers (`kathina vedi’) is a main offering (`vazhipadu’) at this kovil.
Sajeevan is 32 year old, bit obese character [...]

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