Sleep apnea patients are not always aware they have the disorder because they are asleep and won't notice the consequences of the complaint.
The disorder is more regularly noticed by the bed partner or room mate.
Sleep apnea does not pose immediate and very severe threats, but it is still considered a very dangerous disorder.
What actually causes the complaint?   Your throat muscles are accountable for keeping the air passage in your throat stiff and open when you're awake and this helps keep the lungs open for breathing, but during sleep, the same muscles get more relaxed.
Still, at times, the airways get obstructed or narrowed especially during sleep.
  There are several particular reasons why the air passage passage gets obstructed or obstructed during sleep.
  First, the throat muscles and even the tongue get more relaxed than normal.
  Second, the tonsils and tongue that are larger than normal serve as an obstruction to the entry to your trachea.
    Thirdly, unnecessary soft fat could thicken the wall of the trachea if you are someone who is overweight.
{This occurrence makes the inner air passage opening narrow, making it harder to stay open.
}   The normal shape of your neck or head could be the cause as they might be causing the airways to be obstructed.
The prospects are also greater if you have a smaller than usual air passage caused by a bonier structure in these places.
  Last, age may be an element as throat muscles occasionally become stiff during sleep since the brain's ability to broadcast the proper signals is reduced.
  In general, it is logical that not sufficient air flows into the lungs when the airways are partly or fully obstructed, particularly during sleep.
Noisy snoring and a decline in the body's blood oxygen level will take place and be an apparent sign that something is not right.
Be prompted that there may be risks when the oxygen level drops to very hazardous levels.
  It could set off the brain to in effect interrupt your sleep, which is a natural reflex so that the upper air passage muscles will be kept tight and the trachea open.
Sleep apnea takes place only for a few minutes, after which, usual breathing can continue which is often heralded by a sudden loud strangling sound or snort.
  Since the way the body is expending energy, substantial changes to the system happen and diabetes or obesity can result from un-remedied sleep apnea.