Seminar 01/28/2010
Free seminar featuring board-certified Columbia's Sleep Medicine Physicians at Columbia's Snoring Institute. Attendees will receive $100 off procedure for qualifying candidates.
January 28th,5:30pm
Vista Room at Blue Marlin, Downtown Columbia
1200 Lincoln Street
Refreshments served
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About Snoring
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 Snoring and other sleep disordered breathing:
Extremely common affecting 24% of Male and 9% of Female Adults in the United
States to a degree where it interferes with their lifestyle.
75 million Americans suffer from some sort of sleep disordered breathing and of
those approximately 1 million are diagnosed with sleep apnea every year.
Contributing Causes:
-Anatomy of the Nose and Throat
-Obesity
-Lifestyle particularly the consumption of Alcohol.
-Aging which decreases tissue elasticity
Snoring:
Noise caused by upper airway resistance. Usually produced in the soft palate and
/ or Uvula. May also be produced by the back of the nose or tonsils and tongue.
Treatments to decrease snoring focus on the removal of these anatomic structures
or in the case of the pillar procedure stiffening of the soft palate to decrease
vibrations. This reverses the loss of elasticity caused by aging.
 Obstructive Sleep Apnea:
Apnea which means no breath and hypopnea which means little breath are
potentially life threatening diseases. It is usually due to collapse of
pharyngeal structures during sleep. Significant health consequences include
Hypertension (high blood pressure), Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and
stroke. It is a frequent cause of sexual dysfunction, depression and morning
headache. It is a major cause of daytime tiredness leading to inattention and
increased risk of accident or poor work performance.
Pediatric Sleep Disorders:
We also specialize in the evaluation and treatment of pediatric sleep
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