The following symptoms should be investigated:   

• Witnessed breathing pauses during sleep
• Gasping or choking at night
• Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Loud, habitual snoring, causing disruption at home (sleeping in another room)

   Nighttime symptoms 

  (Increase suspicion of Mild, Moderate or Severe Sleep Apnoea)

• Waking unrefreshed, despite having what may be considered a good night’s sleep 
• Frequent morning headaches
• Noted increase in poor concentration, often with some memory concerns 
• Unexplained irritability or mood changes
• Dry mouth, often with a sore throat on waking
• Restless or fragmented sleep
• Nighttime unconscious tooth grinding, Bruxism, which often can present as morning headaches and increasing pain in temporomandibular joints 

 
Clinical risk factors 

• Raised blood pressure (hypertension)
• Type 2 diabetes 
• Cardiovascular Disease
• Increasing weight associated with daytime tiredness
• Large neck circumference
• Atrial fibrillation or Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats) 

If you or your partner are concerned about loud disruptive snoring, witnessed nighttime pauses in your breathing, with daytime sleepiness, along with any of the symptoms mentioned above, you should speak with your GP and contact us contact@beaconshc.ie or info@beacondentalsleep.ie and we will discuss the steps required to safely guide you through the investigations required to accurately diagnose and treat your nighttime symptoms.

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