We understand the distress our patients are feeling and are committed to helping each patient find hope for an improved quality of life. The International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) lists 79 sleep disorders. Sleep disorders affect more than 70 million Americans.

A stay at one of our Advanced Sleep Health centers is the first step in your journey back to restful sleep and healthier living. It is completely painless experience. We provide a home-like setting with cozy private rooms. Your personal suite features a premium bed, high quality bedding, and cable TV to ensure you are as comfortable as possible. Many patients, in fact, report that they awake feeling more rested than they have in a long time.

Although each room is monitored by video as a safety precaution, the technician's main focus is on data being transmitted from the testing equipment. The equipment is non-invasive and allows patients to sleep just as they would at home. The sensors and testing devices used during the sleep study allow you to turn and move as you normally do while sleeping. The technician monitors the data throughout the night from a separate room for your comfort and privacy.

After your night at Advanced Sleep Health's center, a Board certified Sleep Specialist will analyze the data collected. A detailed report is prepared that will help your physician diagnose and treat any identified sleep disorders.

What are Common Sleep Disorders?

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

OSA takes its name from the Greek word apnea, which means "without breath." People with sleep apnea literally stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, often for a minute or longer, and as many as hundreds of times during a single night. The repeated arousals throughout the night result in a drop of the person's oxygen level and prevent the sleeper from reaching the deep, restorative, and necessary stages of sleep. Loud snoring, nighttime gasping, excessive daytime sleepiness, morning headaches, and hypertension are a few of the symptoms associated with this disorder.

Restless Legs Syndrome
An unpleasant "creeping" or "crawling" sensation in the legs. RLS may cause significant difficulty with falling alseep or achieving a good night's sleep.

Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Involuntary movement of the limbs(usually the legs) while asleep. These limb movement may disrupt sleep onset or wake a person from sleep. Many people with PLMD have RLS as well.

Parasomnias
Parasomnias include sleep walking, sleep talking, teeth grinding, sleep terrors, rhythmic-movement disorder (head-banging, head rolling, or body rocking) and REM sleep behavior disorder (acting out a dream), which may result in injury to the person or bed-partner.

Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is most commonly characterized by overwhelming excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), even after adequate nighttime sleep. A person with Narcolepsy is likely to become drowsy or to fall asleep, often at inappropriate times and places. Daytime naps may occur with or without warning and may be physically irresistible.

What are the Effects of Untreated Sleep Disorders?

Stroke & Heart Failure

• 65% of stroke patients have SDB (Dyken 1996)
• 50% of heart failure patients have SDB (Javaheri 1999)
• Arrhythmias are noted in 50-70% of OSA patients (Somers 2004)

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

• Studies have shown that sleep apnea is an independent risk factor in hypertension
• 30-80% of hypertensive patients have sleep apnea (Logan 2001; Sjostrom 2002)
• Treatment of OSA can result in a 10 mmHg reduction in blood pressure (Becker 2003)
• One month of CPAP treatment for OSA improves daytime blood pressure, heart rate, and left ventricular function (Kaneko 2003)

Obesity

• Sleep disorders cause your body to decrease production of Leptin, which suppresses your appetite, while increasing production of Ghrelin, which makes you feel hungry

Type II Diabetes

• Insulin resistance and glucose management may be affected by untreated sleep apnea
• OSA may have a casual role in the development of diabetes (Reichmuth 2003)
• Treatment of OSA with CPap reduces blood glucose Levels (Babu 2005)

Automobile Accidents
The national Highway Traffic Safety Adminsstration conservatively estimates that fatigue annually accounts for at least:

• 100,000 auto accidents
• 7,100 injuries
• 1,500 deaths

Furthermore, the Institute of Medicine has found that nearly 20% of serious car crash injuries are associated with driver sleepiness.