Before Your Sleep Study - What To Expect

What can you expect when you come in for a sleep study?

There is a comfortable, private room where you will spend the night. Your sleep disorder test will be scored and interpreted by a physician who is board certified in sleep medicine and a treatment plan will then be provided to your family physician. A second sleep study may be necessary to assure the treatment has eliminated your symptoms and to assure you can finally get a good nights sleep.

It is important that you understand that a lifetime of sleep apnea can lead to serious health problems. This is the best method toward treating the symptoms that can lead to these health problems. We want to help you get the sleep your body needs to stay healthy.

About 70 million Americans suffer from a sleep problem, nearly 60 percent of them have a chronic disorder the second most common sleep disorder is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea affects about 20 million Americans Sleep apnea is associated with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, heart attack, pulmonary hypertension, congestive heart failure, stroke, mental impairment, and injury from accidents Each year, sleep apnea accounts for about $42 million in hospital bills n An estimated 250,000 people suffer from narcolepsy More than 50 percent of Americans aged 65 and older have a sleep problem

The prevalence of sleep disorders appears to increase with advancing age, and as Americans age, an estimated 80 million Americans will have a sleep problem by the year 2010 .Sleep disorders add an estimated $15.9 billion to the national health care bill .About 25 percent of American children aged 1-5 have a sleep disturbance