Sleep Test

If you are someone who has sleep problems such as insomnia, difficulty sleeping, sleep disturbances, muscle spasms, snoring, or even sleep apnea. You should take a Sleep Test, but what is a sleep test? What are the examination procedures involved? And how do you prepare before coming to the exam? Let's find out.

What is a sleep test?

Sleep health check (Sleep Test) is a measure of sleep quality in a normal way.

1. The breath test measures the breath that passes in and out of the nose and mouth and measures the movement of the chest and abdominal. This is to determine if there is apnea and what kind of breathing pattern is it? How unusual or dangerous?
2. Check the percentage of oxygen saturation in the blood. It is a test to know whether the brain is asleep, the heart is deficient in oxygen or not.
3. Check heart rate It is a test to know how much heart rate you are asleep.
4. The sound of snoring is a test to know that Is snoring truly or not? How loudly snoring Are you snoring all the time? What position of snoring while sleeping
5. The sleeping position is checked to know the breathing disorder or snoring in which position.

The group that recommended for sleep testing were obese people, obese children with a BMI or BMI> 25, those who snore and have symptoms of dizziness, headache, irritability, fatigue due to insufficient sleep, impaired concentration and sleeping while driving.

Who should come to have a Sleep Test?

• Those who have snoring sounds louder than usual.
• People who wake up in the middle of the night Wheezing or tired breathing while sleeping
• When people close to you notice intermittent apnea while sleeping or have abnormal movement symptoms such as teeth grinding, leg twitching while sleeping, sleepless, restless sleep, and changing position often
• People over 50
• Obesity with a BMI or BMI> 30.
• People who are unusually sleepy during the day, even though they had enough hours of sleep, or People who have symptoms of dizziness, headache, irritability after waking up, drowsiness while driving, declining memory, falling asleep during meetings.
• People with a neck circumference greater than 40 centimeters.
• Have an underlying disease like high blood pressure
• If it is assessed that it falls within 3 out of 8 symptoms, it is recommended to come for a consultation, to diagnose any abnormalities, they should be treated early. Instead of ignoring it or choose to take medicine without being properly diagnosed.

Preparing for the sleep test

• Must wash your hair thoroughly before the sleep test. And do not put oil or cream on the hair Because a device will be attached to the scalp. The area attached to the device must be free of oil. To provide an accurate graph signal and be able to read sleep levels correctly.
• Do not apply powder or cream on the face, neck, and legs to keep the device adhere to the skin all night long.
• Stop taking laxatives or sleeping pills, because they will not sleep as normal as they should be. Except in cases allowed by the doctor.
• Please inform our staff of the medicines that the patient takes regularly, such as blood pressure drugs, other medicines.
• The hospital will make an appointment for you to discuss the examination results with your doctor after at least 3 days.

In conclusion, snoring will not only have a negative effect on your health. It also causes noise disturbing the people around you as well. People with snoring may also have obstructive sleep apnea, when apnea occurs, the oxygen levels in the arteries may be lower than normal. Also, the brain awakens intermittently while sleeping, resulting in inefficient sleep and long-term serious illness. Therefore, such symptoms should not be ignored and should undergo a proper diagnosis and proper treatment