A dentist asked 350 doctors to guess how many years untreated sleep apnea cuts from your life. Most said 10 to 15 years. The speaker stressed why that number should terrify anyone with the condition.
You know, I was talking to a group of over 350 doctors at the California Dental Association a few weeks ago. I did something different. I said, you know what, everyone break out your phone and I want you to Google sleep apnea life expectancy. And I said, what do you guys see? 1 year off your life if you're not treated? 6 months? 5 years? 10 years? And the overwhelming response, I had 5 people raise their hand, was 10 to 15 years off your life if you're not being treated for sleep apnea. And, and, and that's a bad— that's scary when you look at those numbers. 10 years. Wow. So how much— how, how valuable is that? A lot. Yeah, a lot.
