What Are The Symptoms

The most frequent symptom of sleep apnoea is tiredness during the day. The most common complaint is sleepiness when driving. Other symptoms may include: headaches, exhaustion, nightmares, sexual dysfunction, irritability, aggression, loss of concentration, depression.

Sleep apnoea can cause not only a drop in quality of life but also a shorter life expectancy due to secondary diseases. If untreated the condition can cause high blood pressure, cardiac disrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency, apoplectic seizure (stroke), cardiac arrest, psychological problems. Medical studies have shown that 50% – 70% of people with sleep apnoea suffer from high blood pressure, compared to only 10% – 20% of the population at large.

Unfortunately sleep apnoea is not usually identified as a cause of these symptoms and so they are treated but not solved.