Loud snoring can be a problem -- (1)___________________. It can also be a sign of sleep apnea. People with this condition repeatedly stop breathing while they sleep, and may not even know it.
打鼾可能是一个问题,打鼾也可能是睡眠窒息症的迹象,有这种病症的人们在睡觉时会多次出现呼吸暂停,而本人却可能一无所知。
Doctor David Gross is a lung specialist at the National Rehabilitation Hospital of Washington.
大卫·格罗斯医生(David Gross)是华盛顿国立康复医院的肺病专家。
DAVIS GROSS: "Sleep apnea means that the airway, the upper airway, cuts off at night. So the person, while he's breathing normally in the daytime,
when he goes to sleep, the muscles get all relaxed and cut off and this can happen over and over again, sixty to one hundred times an hour."
当他们进入睡眠状态,(舌头和软腭的)肌肉完全松弛下来并阻塞气管和上呼吸道,这种情况不断重复发生,每小时大约出现60-100次。”格罗斯:“睡眠窒息症是指气管、上呼吸道在夜间被阻塞。这类人白天呼吸正常,
Most people who snore do not have sleep apnea. (2)_______________________. Sleep apnea not only reduces sleep quality and makes people feel tired during the day. More and more studies show that it can also lead to strokes and heart attacks.
多数打鼾者并未患睡眠窒息症。睡眠窒息症不仅降低了睡眠质量,使人们在白天感觉疲倦。越来越多的研究表明,它还可能导致中风和心脏病发作。