“Ignoring Snoring can be disastrous, even deadly.” –Dr. Hakimi

TAKING SNORING SERIOUSLY

Snoring isn’t healthy, normal or necessary. It’s a clear sign that something’s wrong with your breathing during sleep—perhaps dangerously wrong. Snoring is serious yet millions of adults remain undiagnosed.

Eliminating Snoring is crucial to achieving Oral Harmony and a healthier life. Unfortunately, most people have no idea that Snoring is dangerous.

Snoring indicates that your body isn’t getting enough oxygen. Do you stop breathing while asleep and wake up gasping for breath? Do you wake up tired, with a headache, or both? Do you fight fatigue all day? Are you becoming irritable, forgetful or have trouble concentrating? Snoring may actually be “suffocating” your body.

The statistics are horrifying. People who suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (O.S.A.S.), a very serious form of snoring, are seven times more likely to have car accidents.

Inadequate sleep has factored in many infamous accidents: Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and the Staten Island Ferry disaster, to name a few. Chronic sleep-deprived people often have no sense of impairment. They think they’ve “adapted” to their poor sleep habits.

Sleep experts quickly point out how crucial sound sleep is to maintaining overall health. Even “light snoring” indicates that your sleep isn’t healthy. Persistent snoring—the kind that awakens you or your partner—is a loud warning bell. It’s your body screaming for immediate help.

SLEEP APNEA CAN BE DEADLY

Snoring is no laughing matter—whether it’s occasional Snoring or Obstructive Sleep Apnea (O.S.A.S.).

When an O.S.A.S. sufferer tries to rest, a lack of oxygen causes frequent sleep interruptions. You actually stop breathing for up to ten seconds or more—sometimes hundreds of times a night.

The strain on your body, night after night, from O.S.A.S. can’t be ignored. Waking up exhausted is the least of your worries.

Half of all patients with Hypertension and Heart Disease also have O.S.A.S. Among Stroke victims, 77% of men and 64% of women suffer from O.S.A.S. Every year, about 30,000 cardiovascular deaths may be caused by O.S.A.S.

More than 15 million Americans are estimated to have Sleep Apnea, but don’t know it. Or they ignore it. Only about five percent of sufferers have been diagnosed.

Even fewer have been treated—they may fear surgery, injections or cumbersome C.P.A.P. machines. Fortunately, more and more people are learning about VIAdmd—my patented, non-invasive method of eliminating Snoring, Sleep Apnea, and the oral effects of stress like T.M.J. Syndrome.

WHY RISK IT?

Health risks of Snoring and Sleep Apnea are well-documented. High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Depression, Cardio-Vascular Disease, and Stroke are often associated with chronic, untreated snoring. These risks increase astronomically among O.S.A.S. sufferers.

Risk factors can develop quickly. In a recent 60 Minutes broadcast called “The Science of Sleep”, a university study revealed that young, healthy volunteers became “pre-diabetic” after just six nights of partial sleep.

Several other studies link Obesity with improper sleep. Other findings suggest that sex drive declines. Poor job performance, fatigue, emotional distress and physical health are all affected by unhealthy sleep. Not to mention the strain snoring imposes on marriage.

ADDITIONAL HEALTH RISKS

Recently, research has discovered links between Sleep-Disordered Breathing and these medical conditions:

ADD Disorder

Hyperactivity Disorder

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Alzheimer’s Disease

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Ischemic Stroke