Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is a serious but easily treatable sleep disorder where the back of the upper airway collapses during sleep causing a stoppage in breathing.
To start breathing again you need to wake up and this can occur up to 800 plus times per night.
The result is disrupted and poor quality sleep. You won’t remember waking this many times so the resulting tiredness the next day can feel like a mystery.
If you wake with a headache or unrefreshed, feel tired throughout the day, irritable and lacking energy you may have a sleep disorder without knowing it.
Red flags to look out for are high blood sugar upon waking, frequent urination throughout the night, daytime fatigue and sleepiness, waking with headaches and unrefreshed, irritability and mood changes, poor disrupted sleep often resulting in insomnia and lastly snoring.
The team at Lakes Esplanade Pharmacy is keen to get the word out into the community that there is help right here in Lakes Entrance. Lakes Esplanade Pharamacy offers A Level 2, a high quality bulk-billed home sleep study which has been shown to limit patient’s anxiety linked with hospital-based sleep tests.
They have an extensive range of sleep therapy products across all brands and have treatment introductions and ongoing support for patients with an experienced sleep therapist.
