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Sleep Studies
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Sleep Studies
Sleep Apnea affects nearly 18 million adults in the United States, 90% of which are undiagnosed.

Sleep disorders not only affect the quantity and quality of sleep you get but can lead to serious health problems as well.

Poor sleep may increase the likelihood of having :
  • heart attack
  • stroke
  • high blood pressure
  • congestive heart failure

Common sleep disorders include :
  • Snoring
  • Obstructive sleep apnea
  • Insomnia
  • Periodic Limb Movements
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias (sleep walking, night terrors, bedwetting)
  • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

If you have any of the following symptoms you should speak with your physician about having a sleep study :
  • Snoring
  • Gasping or choking while sleeping
  • Waking up with a headache
  • Falling asleep at inappropriate times
  • Difficulty staying awake while driving
  • Trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep
  • Restless, antsy feeling in legs
  • Frequent moving in bed or disheveled bed when you get up
  • Fatigue
  • Poor memory or inability to concentrate
  • Sleeping all night and still feeling tired in the morning
  • Waking with a dry mouth
  • Irritable

St Mary's of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center provides testing to help identify common sleep disorders. Testing available includes :
  1. Routine Sleep Study or Polysomnogram. This test is an overnight study that allows a technician to collect data about disturbances that may be occurring that interfere with a person's sleep.
  2. CPAP Titration: for patients that are diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, this study allows the patient to be fitted with a mask and the correct pressure determined to eliminate their apnea.
  3. Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT) or daytime nap study for the diagnosis of narcolepsy. This test measures how sleepy a person is.
  4. Maintenance Wakefulness Testing (MWT) measures the persons ability to stay awake during periods of quiet

Office hours :
Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Studies may be done on any night of the week as well as during the daytime for night shift workers, MSLT and MWT tests. Testing is available for children as well adults.

If you have any questions about sleep studies or sleep disorders you may contact the St Mary's of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center at 989-497-3138.

Interested in having a speaker come to your group/workplace to talk about sleep? Contact the St Mary's of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center at 989-497-3138

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