Sleep apnea, a potential problem can be identified by the following symptoms. Snoring with pauses in breathing, day time drowsiness, gasping and chocking during sleep, restlessness, memory loss, high blood pressure, chest pains, depression, inattentiveness, excess weight, headaches in the morning after sleep, frequent bathroom visiting at night. These are the common and visible symptoms of sleep apnea. If anyone is found with these symptoms, they have to be taken to the doctor immediately and the diagnosis for sleep apnea should be done.

Obstructed Sleep Apnea is the case where the airflow is blocked during sleep in the night. If this problem seems to persist, then, you may have to consider visiting a maxillofacial surgeon for a complete checkup and proceed with his treatment. An interview with you partner shall be essential in this case. This is because, the person who is affected by sleep apnea may not know that he is really affected by this problem.

Though everything seems to normal to him, the patients partner can notice his restlessness in sleep, which is caused by sleep apnea. Split night study is done by the doctor using diagnostic tools and the depth of the problem is studied.