In addition to these problems, sleep apnea wreaks havoc with the quality of the apneic's sleep. In truth, a patient with sleep apnea is only able to sleep in small bursts. The collapse of the airway may cause loud snoring, snorts, pauses in airflow, and labored breathing Oxygen levels begins to fall. Sleeper typically does not remember arousal. Sleeper often repositions him or herself on the bed.
Brain allows sleeper to resume sleeping.
Sleeper falls asleep. It is not unusual for an apneic patient to have over one hundred arousals per night due to apnea, though he or she most likely will not remember any of them. Severity of sleep apnea is measured by three variables. Levels of oxygen desaturation. All oxygen desaturations Daytime symptoms.