http://helpmetosleep.com/sleep-apnea/can-people-who-are-not-overweight-suffer-from-sleep-apnea Answers to all of your questions about sleep. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://helpmetosleep.com/sleep-apnea/can-people-who-are-not-overweight-suffer-from-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1#comment-4352 holey moley Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:34:22 +0000 http://helpmetosleep.com/sleep-apnea/can-people-who-are-not-overweight-suffer-from-sleep-apnea#comment-4352 Yes, they can. There are two types of sleep apnea; central (in the brainstem) and obstructive. Obstructive sleep apnea, though relatively rare in thin people, can still happen because of pharyngeal wall hypermobility. It can also happen from having a too long soft palate (velum). Central sleep apnea is due to mixed signals in the brainstem and reduced respiratory drive during sleep. See a pulmonologist for a sleep study. Yes, they can.
There are two types of sleep apnea; central (in the brainstem) and obstructive.
Obstructive sleep apnea, though relatively rare in thin people, can still happen because of pharyngeal wall hypermobility. It can also happen from having a too long soft palate (velum).
Central sleep apnea is due to mixed signals in the brainstem and reduced respiratory drive during sleep.
See a pulmonologist for a sleep study.

]]> http://helpmetosleep.com/sleep-apnea/can-people-who-are-not-overweight-suffer-from-sleep-apnea/comment-page-1#comment-4351 b00zebuzz Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:54:01 +0000 http://helpmetosleep.com/sleep-apnea/can-people-who-are-not-overweight-suffer-from-sleep-apnea#comment-4351 yep, as long as the eppiglotis is loose enough to flap on and off the airway as u sleep, causing u to snore w/o even knowing it. yep, as long as the eppiglotis is loose enough to flap on and off the airway as u sleep, causing u to snore w/o even knowing it.

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