Understanding Anaesthesia And How It Relates To Sleep and Sleep Apnea

Are sleep and anaesthesia the same, or how do they differ? Sleep is a normal bodily function and it will end, by itself, once you have satisfied your requirement for it. Drugs produce anaesthesia and this state only ends when the chemicals wear off. The drugs causing anaesthesia target the same areas of the brain… Continue reading Understanding Anaesthesia And How It Relates To Sleep and Sleep Apnea

OSA & Eye Health

During the past decade, associations between sleep disorders and certain ophthalmologic disorders have been increasingly recognized. To review the literature on these important associations, we conducted a PubMed search using combinations of the following terms: sleep disorders, sleep apnea, circadian rhythm disorder, continuous positive airway pressure, eye disease, floppy eyelid syndrome, glaucoma, ischemic optic neuropathy,… Continue reading OSA & Eye Health