Assertion: sleep apnea's airway | /r/CapableOf | become blocked
Facets:
value: during sleep
type: TEMPORAL
value: partially
type: DEGREE
value: completely
type: DEGREE
value: repeatedly
type: TEMPORAL
value: in obstructive sleep apnea
type: OTHER
value: during the night
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: It causes your airway to collapse or become blocked during sleep.
text: This is the most common type and happens when your airway narrows or becomes blocked.
text: It happens when your upper airways become blocked or partially blocked when you sleep.
text: It happens when your upper airways become blocked or partially blocked when you sleep.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is when your airway collapses or becomes blocked, affecting your ability to breathe while sleeping.
text: In obstructive sleep apnea, your airways become blocked or collapse during sleep, causing the pauses and shallow breathing.
text: When the airway becomes completely blocked, the snoring stops and there is no breathing for a 10-20 second time period or until the brain senses the apnea and signals the muscles to tighten, returning the airflow.
text: During sleep, when throat and tongue muscles are more relaxed, this soft tissue can cause the airway to become blocked.
text: Sleep apnea happens when your airway becomes blocked or collapses during the night.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airway in your nose or throat becomes partially or completely blocked.
text: occurs when the airway in your nose or throat becomes partially or completely blocked.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that occurs when the upper airway becomes blocked repeatedly during sleep.
text: The airway repeatedly becomes blocked, limiting the amount of air that reaches your lungs.
text: Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder which causes the airway to become blocked during sleep, preventing oxygen from entering the lungs.
text: Obstructive Sleep Apnea occurs when the upper airway becomes blocked during sleep.
text: In this condition, the airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep.
text: They work by gently repositioning the jaw so that the airway can’t become blocked during the night, and patients are much more likely to use them than a CPAP because they are much more comfortable.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when the airway in your nose or throat becomes partially or completely blocked.
text: The individual’s airway can become blocked or collapse on itself due to many factors.
text: In obstructive sleep apnea, the airway becomes blocked or collapses during sleep.
text: When the muscles of the soft palate at the base of the tongue and the uvula (the small fleshy tissue hanging from the center of the back of the throat) relax and sag, the airway becomes blocked, making breathing labored and noisy and even stopping it altogether.
text: Your airways can become blocked when your throat muscles and tongue relax during sleep.
text: In “Obstructive” sleep apnea (the most common type) the airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep.
text: The most common type of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea, where the airway collapses or becomes blocked while sleeping.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea is more common and is caused by the airway becoming blocked, typically by tissue in the back of the throat that collapses and closes off the airway.2 Central sleep apnea, which is the less common of the two, does not involve the airway becoming blocked; rather, it is caused by the brain not sending the correct signals to the muscles that control breathing.3
text: This is when the upper airway becomes blocked or partly obstructed.
text: In this condition, the airway collapses or becomes blocked, disrupting one’s regular sleep—causing shallow breathing or pauses.
text: Sleep apnea occurs when the upper airway becomes completely or partially blocked, interrupting regular breathing for short periods of time -- which then wakes you up.
text: During sleep the throat and tongue muscles relax causing the airway to become blocked.
text: In obstructive apnea, the stimulus to the throat muscles is insufficient to prevent their collapse and the airway becomes blocked.