Individuals can have obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, or features of both.

该病可分为阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停、中枢性睡眠呼吸暂停，或者混合型。

One out of three men and one out of six women have sleep apnea.

有三分之一的男性和六分之一的女性患有睡眠呼吸中止症。

For example, I have 10 years of hands-on experience in treating patients with sleep apnea.

例如，我在治疗睡眠呼吸暂停患者方面有 10 年的 hands-on experience。

The most common symptom of sleep apnea is severe sleep deprivation.

睡眠呼吸暂停最常见的症状是严重的睡眠缺乏。

And, several papers have shown that sleep apnea gets worse when people sleep on their backs.

篇文章也显示，人在仰卧时，睡眠呼吸暂停的情况会加重。

But loud, chronic snoring is one sign of a sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea.

但响亮、长期的打鼾可能是睡眠障碍的征兆：即一般所知的阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止症。

Sleep apnea on its own is rarely fatal, but it can worsen other health problems.

睡眠呼吸暂停本身很少致命，但是会加重康问题。

So what puts someone at risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea?

所以，什么原因会让一个人有阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止的风险？

And this is why obstructive sleep apnea can be linked to hypertension and other cardiovascular problems.

这就是为什么阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止症会被连结到高血压及心血管问题。

Many researchers see weight loss as a solution to obstructive sleep apnea.

许研究者认为减重是解决阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止症的一种方式。

Central sleep apnea refers to the fact that the problem is " central" or related to the central nervous system.

而中枢性睡眠呼吸暂停意味着问题在“中枢”，与中枢神经系统有关。

There's one other kind of sleep apnea called central sleep apnea, which occurs when the brain temporarily fails to regulate the body's breathing.

还有一种睡眠呼吸中止症叫做中枢性睡眠呼吸中止症，原因是大脑暂时无法调节身体的呼吸。

Diagnosing sleep apnea requires a sleep study to help identify episodes of sleep apnea, the more episodes the more severe the sleep apnea.

诊断睡眠呼吸暂停，需要睡眠研究帮助识别睡眠呼吸暂停的发作，发作次数越，疾病越严重。

Obstructive sleep apnea is usually caused by blockages in the airway and is mainly characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep.

阻塞型睡眠呼吸中止症通常是由气道阻塞造成，主要的特征就是睡眠时呼吸暂停。

For severe sleep apnea, individuals can use a continuous positive airway pressure device or CPAP device for short.

对于严重的睡眠呼吸暂停，患者可以使用持续正压呼吸机，即CPAP。

I actually have sleep apnea because of my dwarfism too.

我实际上也因为侏儒症而患有睡眠呼吸暂停症。

Sleep apnea stops diaphragm muscles from contracting.

睡眠呼吸暂停会阻止横膈膜肌肉收缩。

If left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to crippling exhaustion or worse.

如果不及时治疗，睡眠呼吸暂停可能会导致严重疲劳或更严重。

But it could be sleep apnea.

但也有可能是睡眠呼吸暂停综合症。

See, he has sleep apnea, so...

有睡眠窒息症。