When Snoring Becomes a Danger to Your Health

0:03Hey there, welcome to Chasing Life, snoring.

0:07It can be good for a chuckle or two, right?

0:09I mean, you see it depicted in all sorts of television shows.

0:12Many times, snoring may just be harmless, may not mean anything, but sometimes it can be an indication that there's a more serious health condition underlying all that, something known as sleep apnea.

0:25And it can lead to you not getting enough sleep, disrupting your natural sleep cycle.

0:30But it can also lead to other problems that maybe you hadn't considered.

0:34It could have an impact on your heart.

0:36It could have an impact on your brain.

0:37It could have an impact on your ability to stay awake when you're behind the wheel, leading to accidents and even deaths.

0:44Again, yeah, sleep apnea can do all that sort of stuff.

0:47So when we're talking about this, we're talking about a problem that affects maybe up to 80 million people in the United States.

0:55Think about that, a quarter or roughly a fifth of the adult population.

0:59And 80% of them don't even know that they have it.