Via practica 4/2007

SNORING AND SLEEP APNOE SYNDROME FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Snooring is depend on anatomical situation in upper airways. The reason is that pallatum mole is vibrating. Main cause of snooring is some obstruction in upper airway for example tonsillar hypertrophy, hypertrophy of nasal concha or deviation of nasal septum. It is very important to threat this syndrom. It apears that chronic hypoxia and sleep apnea syndrom are responsible for fatal kardiovascular diseases.

Keywords: snooring, sleep apnea, chronic hypoxia.