Sleep Lab
DMH Sleep Lab provides diagnostic evaluation and treatment for a variety of sleep disorders including neurological and pulmonary disorders.
Sleep lab or sleep clinic is a facility which has been designed for the purpose of studying sleep disorders. Because the study of such disorders requires getting people to go to sleep, a sleep lab is designed to be a comfortable place to sleep in addition to being a scientific facility.
People enter a sleep lab when they participate in a sleep study. A patient will be asked to go to the sleep lab so that technicians can collect data on the patient's sleep patterns to look into problems as varied as sleep apnea and snoring.
Patient rooms in sleep labs are typically equipped with normal beds, and equipment is often hidden in cupboards or the walls to make the room feel more natural.
Depending on what is being studied, a patient may wear various monitors as he or she sleeps to look at things like brain activity, heart activity, changes in blood pressure, and so forth.
Excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty sleeping, and abnormal sleep behaviors are common problems that can have large impacts on a person's overall health, safety and quality of life. With accurate diagnosis, however, most sleep disorders can be effectively treated.
Sleep apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. You may have sleep apnea if you snore loudly and you feel tired even after a full night's sleep?
Sleep apnea occurs in two main types: obstructive sleep apnea, the more common form that occurs when throat muscles relax, and central sleep apnea, which occurs when your brain doesn't send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing. Additionally, some people have complex sleep apnea, which is a combination of both.
If you think you might have sleep apnea, see your doctor. Treatment is necessary to avoid heart problems and other complications.