Sleep Disorders Unit

We spend about one-third of our lives during sleep. Sleep is an indispensable need for organism such as food, water and breathing. Sufficient and qualified sleep is an indispensable necessity for preventing our health and for our daily functioning. Sleep relaxes the body. Growth hormone mostly released during sleep and provides growth in children. It contributes to regeneration of cells, repair of organism, programming of genetic memory that provides to learn characteristics of its kind and make permanent memorization of new information.

If you have complaints such as; very loud snoring, exhaustion, awakening with the feeling of suffocation, falling asleep in inappropriate places, difficulty in concentration, amnesia, irritability, depression and decrease in sexual desire, the reason maybe sleep apnea.

If Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome is not treated it may lead to; Excess sleepiness at daytime Disturbed sleep Headache in the morning, nausea Loss of sexual desire, impotence, increased nocturia High blood pressure Heart attack Stroke Depression. The patient should stay in our sleep laboratory for 1 night for the diagnosis of sleep disorders due to various reasons. Sleep stages and respiration of the patient is followed here. The bedroom arranged in our sleep center is designed in a style reminiscent of the patient's home environment. Technical equipments and the sleep technician are present in a separate room. With the electrodes will be attached to your face and chest, your brain waves and body functions during sleep will be measured and recorded by the technician at the next room.