Dr. Ben explains how sleep apnea restricts oxygen at night and can increase heart attack and stroke risk by 23-fold, challenging the myth that a large neck is the main cause. Airway assessment matters more than most people realize.
JJ here, and I'm here at Smile Body with Dr. Ben, who just blew my mind about sleep apnea and airways. So I always thought that sleep apnea was if you had a big neck, you were at risk. But turns out that's only one piece of the puzzle.
It is. You know, for us, when we evaluate patients, we want to talk about sleep. Why? Because it's such an important pillar of health. Not only your quality of sleep, but when you're having airway restriction happening, you're not getting enough oxygen every single night during that rest and replenish time. You're not getting enough oxygen during that rest and replenish time. Well, your internal organs are suffering. Increased chance of a heart attack and stroke by 23 times.
23 times.
23 times. And also diabetes, erectile dysfunction, just depression. So many aspects, so many things that people are being medicated for every single day. You know what? Maybe you don't need that medicine. You maybe should look at your airway.
