Sleep Apnea is a disorder in which a person unknowingly stops breathing for a short span of time, while sleeping. Though the span of each breath shut-down is milli-seconds, it does interrupt the supply of oxygen to the body’s vital organs (including the brain) and can even be fatal. Sounds incredible and scary?
What’s more incredible is the hard fact that Sleep Apnea disorder is way more common that you’d think: it affects around 6% of adults worldwide, more than 50% of adults with blood pressure suffer from it, and millions remain undiagnosed. Check the facts in this infographic.
Sleep Apnea: Incredible Facts about Sleep Disorder
Infographic by – Techindia