Sleep Apnoea Assessment

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Sleep apnoea is when your breathing stops and starts while you sleep. The most common type is called obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Sleep apnoea needs to be treated because it can lead to more serious problems.

Symptoms of sleep apnoea mainly happen while you sleep.

They include:

  • breathing stopping and starting
  • making gasping, snorting or choking noises
  • waking up a lot
  • loud snoring

 

During the day, you may also:

  • feel very tired
  • find it hard to concentrate
  • have mood swings
  • have a headache when you wake up

It can be hard to tell if you have sleep apnoea. It may help to ask someone to stay with you while you sleep so they can check for the symptoms.

 

If you think you may have this condition book a routine appointment with a GP and bring the folowing questionnaires to your appointment:

Both of these forms are needed to complete a required sleep referral dependant on your score.

 

Further information canbe found here: NHS - sleep apnoea

Page last reviewed: 18 January 2024
Page created: 18 January 2024