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By StoryStudio February 2, 2021 9:12 am
(BPT) – If you’re not coping with the symptoms of sleep apnea yourself, you likely know someone who is.
The condition caused by interrupted breathing during sleep has become rampant in the past couple of decades. In fact, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine estimates that 26% of adults between the ages of 30 and 70 some 25 million Americans are dealing with the serious health condition.
Despite that prevalence, according to the American Sleep Apnea Association, 80% of moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea cases in the U.S. go undiagnosed. One reason for this is that common myths around sleep apnea create confusion and keep many people from fully understanding the condition, which discourages them from asking their doctor about it, or seeking out effective treatment.
Report: Amazon working on Alexa-enabled device to track and measure sleep disorder
January 6, 2021 at 10:29 am
Dave Limp, Amazon’s devices and services chief, has introduced a number of Alexa-enabled products over the years. (GeekWire File Photo)
Amazon is reportedly working on a new Alexa-enabled bedside device that does more than soothe you to sleep with white noise or wake you up with an alarm. The device could assess how well you’re actually sleeping.
Business Insider reported this week that the small device that it has exclusively learned about will be used to detect and track sleep apnea.
According to people familiar with the project, contactless technology will be used to monitor the sleeping disorder using “millimeter-wave radar to track sleeping and breathing patterns of individual users and detect subtleties in their movements that could come from stoppages of breathing associated with sleep apnea.”
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How is sleep apnoea treated?
Sleep apnoea does not always need to be treated if it s mild but there are more specialist treatments available if necessary.
According to the NHS, many people need to use a device called a CPAP machine - you ll be given this for free on the NHS if you need it.
A CPAP machine gently pumps air into a mask you wear over your mouth or nose while you sleep.
It can help:
Improve the quality of your sleep and help you feel less tired
Reduce the risk of problems linked to sleep apnoea (like high blood pressure).