Check out this great article about Sleep Apnea

Sleep Apnea By the NumbersPosted on March 9, 2015 by Megan Kelly


Many people understand that snoring or tiredness can be attributed to sleep apnea, but the disease can actually result in many other issues that affect every aspect of a person’s life. Sleep apnea is also a wildly under-diagnosed condition that leaves millions of people at risk every day, both because people do not think to get sleep tested, and because doctors do not prescribe sleep tests as often as they should.

• If you’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, your likelihood of having sleep apnea is 50% higher than someone without diabetes. If you’re both obese and diabetic, you’re 77% more likely to have sleep apnea. And if you fit both of those categories and your diabetes is Type II, you’re 87% more likely to have sleep apnea.
• Untreated apnea patients are three times more likely to die in a car crash than someone without sleep apnea.
• 90% of people with sleep apnea don’t know they have it – and neither do their doctors.

Sleep apnea is a treatable disease. If you are concerned about sleep apnea, contact a physician or other licensed healthcare professional.