What is a Sleep Study?
Sleep study is a comprehensive test used to analyse sleep disorders. It registers your brain waves, the oxygen level in your blood, heart rate, breathing, and muscular movements during the study.
The sleep study may get executed at a sleep disorders unit or a sleep centre within a lab. While it’s typically performed at night, the test is sometimes done to adjust night shift labours who sleep in the bright daylight.
In addition to assisting diagnose sleep disorders, Sleep study may be used to start or change your treatment if you’ve already been diagnosed with a sleep disorder.
Why Sleep Study is done?
Sleep study monitors your sleep phases and cycles to specify if or when your sleep habits are disturbed. There are various types of home sleep apnea test devices using multiple sensors. They generally record your breathing rate, airflow, oxygen levels and heartbeats.
The natural process of falling asleep begins with a sleep stage called non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. As registered by electro encephalography (EEG), the brain waves slow down relatively in this stage. Your eyes don’t move back and forth swiftly during NREM compared to later sleep stages.
An hour after NREM sleep, your brain consciously picks up again, and the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep starts as a fact; you mostly dream during the REM sleep stage. You go through numerous sleep cycles a night, cycling between NREM and REM sleep in about 90 minutes. Sleep disorders can disturb this sleep process.
Our Doctor May Suggest Sleep Study For:
Sleep Apnea
A sleep-related breathing disorder where your breathing often blocks and starts during sleep.
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Repetitive cramping or jerking of the legs during sleep.
Narcolepsy & REM Disorders
Including sudden sleep attacks and unusual behaviours during the REM sleep stage.
Unexplained Chronic Insomnia & Unusual Behaviours
Difficulty falling or staying asleep, or experiencing unusual physical activities during sleep that disrupt your rest.
Common Sleep Disorders Analyzed
Snoring
This sleep and breathing disorder can disturb both you and your partner throughout the night.
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This sleep and breathing disorder can disturb both you and your partner throughout the night.
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This sleep and breathing disorder can disturb both you and your partner throughout the night.
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You get advised to stop drinks or food, including alcohol or caffeine, during the afternoon and evening before the sleep study. Alcohol and caffeine can affect your sleep patterns, making signs of some sleep disorders worse.
Your afternoon napping should be avoided before a sleep test. You may get requested to bathe or shower before your sleep study. The equipment gets delivered to you for a home sleep apnea test, or you can pick up the equipment from our office. You’ll be given notes on how to use the equipments.
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Are you struggling with sleep quality? Schedule your home sleep study today and take the first step towards restful, uninterrupted sleep.
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