Very much so. It is likely that every reader will know someone who snores very loudly. This is the cardinal symptom of the obstructive sleep apnea. While not everyone that snores has obstructive sleep apnea, all snorers do have disordered breathing during sleep, an impairment that has the potential of becoming a serious medical concern.
- William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D
Very much more common than most people realize is the best answer to this question. The national prevalence has been established for only one specific disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, at 24 percent of adult males and 9 percent of adult females. Restless legs syndrome has been estimated to afflict at least 12 million Americans. A recent Gallup Poll has established a national prevalence of 14 percent for chronic insomnia.
- William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D
My list includes obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, chronic insomnia, and the violent parasomnias. Though less common, I also include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), narcolepsy, and Fatal Familial Insomnia. SIDS manifests as a single catastrophic event and narcolepsy often reaches its full severity in a relatively short time. Fatal Familial insomnia, a genetically transmitted disease, inevitable causes death about one year after its onset, but is extremely rare.
- William C. Dement, M.D., Ph.D
Robert Koenigsberg, Pres. & CEO of SleepQuest joins SyndicatedNews to discuss “Medicare’s” new position on sleep apnea and the financial impact Medicare’s turnabout is going to have on SleepQuest’s bottom line.
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