Imagine life without snoring, sleep apnea, or without the masks and hoses of CPAP

#leep apnea is a serious medical condition that affects more than 20 million Americans. Apnea, meaning "lack of breath," refers to a condition in which breathing stops. Clinically, you are considered to have sleep apnea if your breathing stops for at least 10 seconds five times an hour, causing a return to wakefulness. This means that a person with sleep apnea wakes up at least 40 times in an eight-hour night of sleep. This process of constant waking prevents the apnea sufferer from spending time in deep sleep, which is required for getting good rest. As a result, sleep apnea sufferers are subject to increased risk of:

  • HF VideoHypertension
  • Heart attack
  • Stroke
  • Depression
  • Headaches
  • Daytime sleepiness

Sleep apnea is defined as the cessation of breathing during sleep for at least 10 seconds, and at least 5 times in an hour.
But there is help out there!

As a result of sleepiness and other factors, sleep apnea sufferers are twice as likely to be in a car crash than other drivers, and are more likely to suffer serious injury. Many treatments for sleep apnea exist, but the most commonly prescribed, CPAP, or Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, is often disliked by apnea sufferers, and for many people is a moderate improvement at best. Here at the Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment Center in Gurnee, Illinois, we seek to provide the best possible relief for sleep apnea sufferers in the Chicago metro area, southern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.

On these pages you will learn everything you need to know about sleep apnea and its treatment options, including CPAP, which remains a reasonable treatment option for some people. If you want to learn more about us, you can read Dr. Shapira's Profile, or Our Mission Statement. If you are a sleep apnea sufferer, please don't wait another day, but contact us today for a consultation.


  Delany Dental Center Schaumburg Dental Center
  1810 Delany Road 129 S. Roselle Road
  Gurnee, IL 60031 Schaumburg, IL 60193
  1-8-NO-PAP-MASK 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK
  (1-866-727-6275) (1-866-727-6275)
  OR 847-623-5530 OR 847-623-5530
 
  American Sleep Medical Center Sleep & Behavioral Medical Institute
  8930 Gross Point Rd. Ste 700 2151 Waukegan Rd. Ste 120
  Skokie, IL 60077 Bannockburn, IL 60015
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  (1-866-727-6275) (1-866-727-6275)
  OR 847-623-5530 OR 847-623-5530
     
  Occupational Medicine Associates of Chicago Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute
  22 N Morgan Suite 110 565 Lakeview Parkway
  Chicago, Il 60607 Vernon Hills, IL 60061
  (1 block from Oprah Winfrey Studio)