Today, in the latest episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello delves deeper into airway disorders by taking a look at Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS).
Episode Highlights:
- The difference between obstructive sleep apnea and UARS
- The possible effects of UARS
- Other conditions which may be linked to UARS
- How to help patients presenting with UARS symptoms
Quotes:
“I believe we don’t fully understand the disorder yet.”
“If something like this were to continue for days, weeks, months, years, and year after year, it can take a toll on your health.”
“It’s like you’re being partially strangled the whole entire night.”
“When you’re not getting sufficient sleep…you’re going to become in a chronic state of low-grade stress.”
“Your body thinks it’s constantly under attack.”
“That’s creating that fight or flight kind of stress response in your body as well.”
“The most common thing that women will say is, ‘Oh, I’m a light sleeper’.”
“You want to make sure that you have the conversation, you refer them out.”
“All of the channels in the Dental Podcast Network…all the information that you receive from everybody kind of helps us be better clinicians, and, hey, better people overall, too.”
Links:
More Get a Gasp Podcast: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/getagasp/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
