With sleep apnea you are always tired

Safety risks increase in Baltimore when your sleep decreases.

It was a great family vacation and the Johnson’s were heading down the highway on the home stretch back to Baltimore. The kids were all fast asleep in the back seat, worn out from their adventures. Drew and Emma were reviewing the vacation when suddenly, a truck, heading down the opposite side of the highway zigzagged into the ditch and continued to flip and roll a dozen times before coming to a complete stop.

Visibly shocked and upset by what they had witnessed, the Johnson’s pulled over to the side to re-group. They scanned the Baltimore paperthe next morning to see if anything was reported. The lone occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The paper reported sited the reason for the crash as: “the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel".

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Don't go through life always tired due to sleep apnea

Exhaustion and carelessness because of sleep loss, contributes to more disasters than we're aware of. Here’s a startling statistic. More than 1/3 of people polled who said they had driven while sleepy, said they had fallen asleep at the wheel!

While no one is shocked to learn that lack of sleep can modify emotions and can trigger a bad mood, it’s amazing to realize that sleep deprived individuals have the same reaction time as a legal drunk driver. A recent study shows that sleep deprived folks account for well over half of all accidents on the road. Insufficient amounts of sleep affect your attentiveness and reaction time. Workplace related accidents place financial burdens on society, the health care system and obviously the individual. Almost 20% of all workplace related injuries happen because of a person’s tiredness.

Driving while drowsy sounds harmless enough. Going about your daily routine when you are sleep deprived never appears to be hurting anyone. The truth is - it’s dangerous. Sleepiness is a liability and it can impair your reaction time, your physical and mental capabilities and your ability to process information and make judgments.

Are you always tired?  It could be sleep apnea!
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