It took her years to realize her nighttime noises were far more than a simple annoyance that would wake Cruz and her beloved husband, Victor, from deep slumber. The cause of her snoring could kill her.
The Tampa resident is one of the nearly 18 million Americans suffering from sleep apnea — a condition in which breathing stops during sleep. Air entering the nose and mouth is obstructed at the back of the throat, and results in lungs losing air for 10, 20 even 30 seconds at a time. For some, the obstruction happens dozens to hundreds of times an hour, ending only with a loud chortle and a restless night.
"So many people snore that people assume it's normal," says Mac Anderson, medical director of the Tampa General Hospital Sleep Disorders program.
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