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Sleep apnea

Many people have sleep apnea, but may not even know it. In fact, sleep apnea affects more than 30% men and nearly 20% women¹, so it's more common than you might think. It's important to recognise some of the common symptoms and understand why you may be feeling so tired and find out what to do if you do have sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea quiz

Find out if you’re at risk of sleep apnea by taking this short quiz. You can then talk to your doctor about your results and get the medical care you need.

Diagnosis
– sleep apnea test

If you have trouble sleeping, snore or suspect that you have sleep apnea, it’s important to take your signs seriously. Please consult your physician or Care For You to organize the sleep test.

Sleep apnea
treatment

Once suffered from Sleep Apnea is confirmed. Please consult your physicians as soon as possible to get the most suitable treatment. For example, using CPAP therapy or other solutions in order to have effective treatment immediately.

Respiratory conditions

Your ability to breathe in air when you’re asleep or awake may be affected by your lower airway—that is, your lung area. To find out what could be affecting your ability to breathe properly, it is helpful to first understand what normal breathing look like.

Diagnosis

If you have a condition that makes it difficult for you to breathe properly, you might need the help of a ventilator. Find out about the appropriate diagnosis method for your condition.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD)

COPD is a progressive long term lung disease which involves inflammation and thickening of the airways. It usually worsend over years. Symptoms include build-up of mucus, cough and shortness of breath. Characterized by bronchitis and emphysema. The risk is highest in smokers.

Neuromuscular disease (NMD)

This is a range of diseases and conditions that affect the nerves controlling your muscles. As breathing motion needs muscles to carry, this disease will lead to breathing difficulties.

Respiratory support for
children

Children may also need to be treated for breathing disorders (or sleep-disordered breathing), respiratory distress or respiratory failure due to a number of reasons. Some of these are upper airway blocked, cystic fibrosis, scoliosis, spinal cord injuries, Muscular Dystrophies, Trisomy and Achondroplasia etc. Diagnosing and treating these disease is not the same adults with those conditions.

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
(OHS)

This condition mainly affect severely overweight people (BMI > 30kg/m²). Hypoventilation means excessively slow or shallow breathing. Resulting in hypoxemia (low oxygen level in blood) and hypercapnia (increased blood carbon dioxide level). This syndrome may lead to breathing difficulties, poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, leg swelling and other symptoms.

Restrictive lung disease

This condition refers to a group of thoracic deformities that result in inefficient coupling between the respiratory muscles and the thoracic cage. This includes Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, Pleural effusion, Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Asbestosis and Pleurisy etc.