More than 300 apneas in one night, the man has not slept a whole night in three years
Golden Week becomes "Surgery Week" "Snoring Kings" get together for surgery
Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Qi Yan, Correspondent Ma Yaoyao) Sleeping at night with thunderous snoring, thinking that he slept very soundly, but was awake after a while. A man has not slept a whole night in three years.
This year, taking advantage of the National Day holiday, he made up his mind to go to the hospital to eradicate his chronic illness.
Mr. Liu, 48 years old in Hankou, started to be awakened from sleep at night three years ago. He had difficulty breathing every few hours. After waking up, he could continue to fall asleep, and he was snoring during sleep.
At that time, Mr. Liu felt that the work was too hard and his body was exhausted. He felt that "the louder the snoring, the better the sleep", and he never paid much attention.
In July of this year, he found that the number of times he was suffocated from sleep increased, and every time he felt almost suffocated to death, he became worried. He searched the Internet according to his symptoms and was shocked by reports of death caused by apnea during sleep.
On October 2, he hurried to Wuhan Central Hospital to seek treatment for snoring.
That night, the otolaryngologist monitored Mr. Liu's sleep breathing throughout the night and found that he had more than 300 apneas accompanying snoring, which accounted for nearly half of the entire sleep time. The longest pause in breathing was more than 1 minute.
Further examination revealed that he also had problems such as laxity of the pharyngeal soft palate and hypertrophy of the base of the tongue, which resulted in severe narrowing of the airway and symptoms of snoring and breathlessness. He was finally diagnosed as "sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome".
On the morning of October 3, the otolaryngology department performed double minimally invasive surgery for Mr. Liu-combining Pillar soft palate implantation and Airvance hyoid bone suspension into one operation, each of which broke his airway stenosis.
Currently, with the help of a ventilator, Mr. Liu can finally get a full sleep.
After being discharged from the hospital, you can get rid of the ventilator after a period of recovery.
Statistics show that more than 1 million people die from coronary heart disease in my country each year, of which 30% of them die suddenly from sleep, and more than 3,000 people die at night related to sleep apnea every day in the world.
Yuan Kun, director of the otolaryngology department of the hospital, said that in addition to affecting the cardiovascular system, snoring can also affect multiple systems throughout the body, such as cerebrovascular diseases (cerebral thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage), diabetes, delayed development of children, neurasthenia, Anxiety, depression, personality changes, etc.
During this National Day holiday, many citizens suffering from snoring took advantage of the rest to go to the hospital to undergo surgery. They not only treated the disease, but also had time to recuperate, and their family members also had time to take care of them. For the hospital, "Golden Week" became Busy "Surgery Week".
Experts remind that people with enlarged tonsils, adenoids, tongues, and small jaws are all prone to "sleep apnea syndrome." It is recommended to come to the hospital for symptomatic treatment as soon as possible to avoid further development of the disease, which may cause serious complications such as cardiovascular disease.