KEYWORD: SLEEP APNEA DOCTOR What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that happens when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times during the night. If it’s not treated, sleep apnea can cause a number of health problems, including hypertension (high blood pressure), stroke , cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the muscle tissue of the heart), heart failure , diabetes and heart attacks . Untreated sleep apnea can also be responsible for job impairment, work-related accidents and motor vehicle crashes, as well as underachievement in school in children and adolescents. Doctors that might treat sleep apnea: Sleep medicine doctors: Sleep medicine doctors are usually trained in a medical specialty such as internal medicine, pulmonology, otolaryngology, or neurology, and then complete additional training in sleep medicine. Physicians who have und
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