Good prospects for sleep apnea
Scientific study of the efficacy of a new treatment against breathing pauses during sleep provides encouraging results
The Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM) is involved in the introduction of a new system that could in future help snorers with apnea (obstructive sleep apnea, OSA) to a more restful sleep. This is a fully implantable pacemaker system which ensures by mild stimulation of the muscles of the upper airway that the patient is breathing evenly.If the nightly snoring is accompanied by regular apnea, which is no longer just an issue between two people who share the nightly camp together, but then it comes to the health of the person concerned. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea wrestle overnight constantly for breath. The cause is the relaxation of the muscles, which causes the tongue falls into the throat during sleep and thereby narrows the airways or even closes.