Try: Sleep apnea is a night time breathing condition that affects certain care recipients cr as a caregiver it is important to know about the cr’s sleep problems and try to improve the cr’s care the following are common types of sleep apnea obstructive sleep apnea is the most common type of sleep apnea it occurs when the soft tissue in the back of the throat relaxes during sleep causing a blockage of the airway this also causes extremely loud snoring in the cr central sleep apnea is a much less common type of sleep apnea that involves the central nervous system it occurs when the brain fails to signal the muscles that control breathing cr’s with central sleep apnea seldom snore this is a key way to distinguish the two also cr’s with central sleep apnea tend to awake more at night during difficulty breathing than obstructive sleep apnea complex sleep apnea is a combination of obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea information references helpguide org

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