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Reading descriptions of sleep apnoea, or sleep apnea, is terrifying.
The condition causes sufferers to nearly or completely stop breathing when they’re unconscious. It can sometimes occur many times within an hour.
Sleep apnoea sufferers will gasp themselves awake during the night, but often have no recollection of it come the morning. A telltale sign will be daytime fatigue, which will be confusing if they believe they’ve got their full eight hours of kip.
Endless studies have proved that being deprived of quality sleep is catastrophic for a person’s health and mental well-being, affecting everything from mood and weight to concentration.
Most people with sleep apnoea don’t even know that they have it, especially if they sleep solo. While weary partners are jolted awake by their bedfellow’s laboured breathing and sudden gasping in the wee hours, single people will be largely unaware if they have the same nocturnal behaviour.
According to Google Trends, sleep apnoea is the most common sleep issue in the UK with an average of 147,253 Google searches each month, submitted mostly in the early hours from, we assume, sleep-deprived partners rapidly reaching the end of their tether. According to the UK's patient support charity the Sleep Apnoea Trust, 13 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women in the 30-75 age bracket have the condition, meaning it affects around ten million people in the UK.
