One-stop
Sleep Centre
This Centre offers a one-stop service given by Specialists in the following
fields, ENT, Oral & maxillofacial, Respiratory
medicine, Psychiatry and Paediatrics. This comprehensive team of specialists
would handle all sleep related disorders by paying just one single bill.
It is both time and money saving.
Sysptoms of sleep Apnoea
- Excessive snoring
- Interruption of breathing during sleep
- Fatigue and loss of energy
- Excessive sleepiness during daytime
- Morning headache
- Poor judgement & loss of concentration
- Irritability
- Forgetfulness
- Sexual dysfunction
Sleep apnoea becomes more and more common in Hong Kong. It is a condition in which a person stops breathing intermittently during sleep.
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea is the commoner type of sleep apnoea
Central Sleep Apnoea is the failure of Central Nervous System in sending breathing signal effectively.
Frequent subconscious awakenings would interfere with restful sleep which affects daytime alertness and functioning. It may impair your working performance and cause traffic accidents. The consequences of severe untreated sleep apnoea include increased risks of hypertension, heart disease and stroke. Heavy snoring may also annoy the sleeping partners. In children, it can cause growth and developmental delay, behavioural problem and heart diseases as well.
The Centre also provides assessment and treatment of all other sleep problems:
- Chronic Insomnia - may be related to psychiatric or mood disturbance (such as anxiety disorder or depression), psychophysiologic insomnia, and alcohol or drug misuse. It causes sleepless nights resulting in poor concentration and disturbed emotion.
- Excessive daytime sleepiness - due to breathing disorder during sleep, or the above causes of chronic insomnia; occasionally narcolepsy could be the cause. Kids would be considered as lazy and lack of concentration. Adults might be misunderstood to be late sleeping and not ambitious in work.
Sleep Study
After consultation with the specialists the patient may have to undergo
sleep study to assess one's sleeping pattern such as snoring, breathing
movements, blood oxygen circulation, etc.
This is carried out in a custom made single room with comfortable and
homelike enviornment. Nurses station is just next door to offer easy
access and assistance.
The following data should be studied in a sleep test:
- EEG
- ECG
- EMG
- EOG
- Snoring
- Sleep Position
- Oral & Nasal Flow
- Limb Movement
- Sa02 & Chest
- Abdominal Effort
To be interpreted and explained by a specialist.
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2522 2181 (Ext. 117) | |||||||||
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2825 2179 | |||||||||
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2825 2114 | |||||||||
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2825 2228 | |||||||||
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