Nothing is more comforting than waking up in a warm and toasty bed during the winter. It can also make it incredibly difficult to get out of bed too. If you feel that you’re sleepier during wintertime, you would be surprised to learn that there are several reasons behind your drowsiness. Here are a few …
Many people have made jokes about snoring throughout the years. Although we can debate who snores the loudest in our home, it’s crucial to understand why we or someone we love is prone to fits of snoring. Also, poor sleep quality can wreak havoc on your day-to-day activities, and it is equally essential to get …
Few things can ruin your sleep the way a stuffy nose can. Chronic congestion and sinus pressure make nighttime miserable. What should be your time to rest ends up being the reason why you’re exhausted. But, there’s hope. Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) can put you on the path to relief. How Does FESS Work? …
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Every morning your partner greets you with a not-so-subtle reminder of how your snoring is ruing their sleep. You’ve tried everything from adjusting your sleep position to different pillows, and you still get kicked out of your room. If your snoring has you at your wit’s end, there may be a little-known culprit that makes …
February is the month for lovers. But there’s nothing romantic about snoring, especially when it is chronic. Fortunately for your love life, Dr. Volpi can perform radiofrequency ablation of the tongue to shrink some of those tissues that are getting in the way of your airflow, causing your snoring. These are simple procedures Dr. Volpi …
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If you’re over 55, odds are you know someone who has had their tonsils out. It was a pretty common minor surgery back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s on kids who had a couple bouts of tonsillitis. A tonsillectomy was considered a good treatment for the infection and inflammation of tonsillitis. Today ENT doctors …
Our noses have many parts that we know little about. So, when we hear about a procedure such as a septoplasty, we return a blank look. Uh, what? When a patient has a deviated septum that means the partition between their nostrils has issues and surgery is necessary to correct it — septoplasty. Dr. Volpi …
It’s estimated that about 24 million Americans live with sleep apnea, but most have no idea they have it. But when the symptoms of sleep apnea such as daytime drowsiness and waking with a headache or a dry throat finally dictate attention, that’s when Dr. Volpi gets a call at eos Sleep. Once Dr. Volpi …
Snoring is commonplace, even though most of us don’t think we snore. Of course, our partners in the bed next to us beg to differ! Snoring is estimated to affect 57 percent of men and 40 percent of women in the U.S. It even occurs in about a quarter of all children. While snoring is …
The sinuses are interconnected cavities in the skull that are normally filled with air. Their walls are lined with mucus-secreting membranes. Hairs in those membranes sweep out the mucus so it can drain out of your nose. But when those membranes become inflamed or infected, they block the nasal passages, keeping the fluid from draining. …
