{"id":314,"date":"2025-02-13T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dentalpartnersofnewburyport.com\/blog\/?p=314"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:05:55","slug":"sleep-apnea-lifespan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dentalpartnersofnewburyport.com\/blog\/sleep-apnea-lifespan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Last Gasp: How Sleep Apnea Can Affect Your Lifespan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There\u2019s no better way to begin the day that by waking up refreshed after six to eight solid hours of quality sleep. Unfortunately, sleep apnea is a medical condition that can cause a patient to wake up as many as a hundred times in a single night, which can lead to a host of quality-of-life and overall health issues. Here\u2019s a brief guide to how sleep apnea can affect your lifespan and how your dentist can help<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Is Sleep Apnea?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you sleep, many tissues in your body such as your muscles relax so they can more easily repair themselves after the strain of the day. However, the relaxing tissues in the neck of a person with sleep apnea will weigh heavily upon their windpipe, which can cause it to constrict and reduce the flow of air into their body. When the brain realizes that it isn\u2019t getting enough oxygen, the person will awaken suddenly and short of breath. This can happen many times over the course of the night, and it can lead to symptoms like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n