two reasons this can happen.The most common reason is that skin or tissue in the throat relaxes too much while a person sleeps and blocks their airway.
This is called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).The second reason is that the brain doesn’t send proper breathing signals to the body while a person sleeps.
This is called central sleep apnea (CSA). In rare cases, a person can suffer from both types of sleep apnea.The reason sleep apnea interferes with sleep so much is because as a person stops breathing, the body wakes up just enough to start the breathing process again.
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