Robert Whitfield MD explains why snorers should get tested for sleep apnea: untreated cases raise the risk of early-onset Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and stroke. He used a ResMed at-home test, discovered moderate sleep apnea despite not being overweight, and saw his sleep scores improve after treatment.
So if someone snores, please, if someone snores. Who's listening to this? Get a sleep apnea test because the things that sleep apnea lead to all affect your brain health. So you don't want to have early onset Alzheimer's or contribute to Parkinson's or stroke or anything else where you could actually just do a simple sleep study or go online. The company I did fine with was called ResMed. I, they sent me a thing in the mail. I wore it and then of course I had moderate sleep apnea. My wife was always like whacking me to wake up and move and roll over and all this stuff. And there's a combination of factors that can lead to sleep apnea. And obviously, you know, I'm not an overweight person. It's just a narrowing of my airway at the back. You know, when you look at sleep scores, my sleep scores are much improved and I want to have and be around for my children.
