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Dr. Jagdeepak Singh, MS (ENT)
Dr. Jagdeepak Singh is an associate professor ENT in Govt. Medical College, Amritsar (Punjab) in India.
Apart from academics, he has contributed towards providing counseling and treatment options among common people regarding health problems in the field of Ear, Nose and Throat diseases for the past 30 years.
Being an active member of American Academy of Sleep Medicine, he has presented several cases in the CME (Continuing Medical Education) activities on snoring and sleep apnea as well as has arranged and attended regular awareness camps on the same among local population.
SnorersLive.com is one of his projects on snoring and sleep apnea where he discusses about the presentation and health effects of sleep apnea along with its available preventive and treatment options.
Approach to A Patient of Snoring and Sleep apnea
Common approach towards a patient of snoring and sleep apnea is as follows:
- To ascertain the correct diagnosis, history is very important from the patient’s wife/family members.
- Behavior patterns need to be noted since they are different in children and adults.
Diagnosis to the exact sight of the sound produced by the snorer is crucial. However, following things need to be taken care of:
- There are snorers in whom the tongue is a component of the snoring noise.
- Second problem is that even if we are sure that the snoring noise is coming from soft palate vibration, we do not know how much palate removal or tightening is required in a given case.
- Third problem is that the evaluation of the snoring result is done by the bed partner.
