Assertion: obstructive sleep apnea | /r/HasProperty | caused
Facets:
value: by collapsing during sleep
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Obstructive Sleep Apnea is caused by weak or soft tissue collapsing during sleep and blocking a person’s airway, and the theory with throat exercises is that if the muscles are strengthened, the tissue is less likely to collapse.
text: Obstructive sleep apnea is caused when the muscles in the airway relax/collapse, preventing the sleeper from breathing until the sleeper arouses from the apnea.
text: Unlike the more standard obstructive sleep apnea—which is caused when the upper airway becomes temporarily obstructed— in central sleep apnea, the effort to breathe stops and there is no clear obstruction of the airway.﻿﻿
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