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DID YOU KNOW?? ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, MORE THAN 80,700,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAVE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD). 73 MILLION HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, 16 MILLION CORONARY HEART DISEASES, 8 MILLION ACUTE HEART ATTACKS, 9.1 MILLION CHEST PAIN, 5.8 MILLION STROKES, 5.3 MILLION HEART FAILURES. 1 OUT OF EVERY 3 DIES DUE TO CVD! ANOTHER LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IS CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), A DEFICIENT LUNG CONDITION, OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO SMOKING. COPD IS ON THE RISE IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO COUNCIL FOR QUALITY RESPIRATORY CARE. COPD OBSTRUCTS AIRFLOW TO THE LUNGS, INTERFERES WITH ABILITY TO BREATH AND PREVENTS ADEQUATE OXYGEN FROM GETTING TO THE BLOOD AND CELLS OF THE BODY. IT IS THE FOURTH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH, AFFECTING MORE THAN 11 MILLION AMERICANS, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH). CHECK YOUR VITAL SIGNS AND THAT OF YOUR LOVED ONES REGULARLY! A PULSE OXIMETER IS AN IMPORTANT AND AFFORDABLE DEVICE FOR ANYONE WITH COPD, EMPHYSEMA, ASTHMA, OR SLEEP APNEA. IT ENABLES YOU TO CHECK YOUR BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL AND PULSE RATE AT THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, APPROXIMATELY 40 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM SLEEP DISORDER, AMOUNTING TO 1 IN 6 OR 14.71% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED SATES OF AMERICA. ALMOST ALL CASES ARE UNDIAGNOSED ACCORDING TO SOME REPORTS. THE CAUSES OF SLEEP DISORDER INCLUDE SLEEP APNEA AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. SLEEP APNEA REFERS TO A TEMPORARY CESSATION OF BREATHING DURING SLEEP, WHICH USUALLY REPEATS IN A CYCLE. IN CHILDREN, COMMON CAUSES INCLUDE TONSILITIS AND ADENOIDITIS. IN ADULTS, THE CONDITION IS OFTEN RELATED TO OBESITY, BUT IT CAN ALSO BE CAUSED BY OTHER DISORDERS OR STRUCTURAL DEFECTS IN THE THROAT. THE MOST COMMON TYPE, OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA), OCCURS WHERE SOMETHING PHYSICALLY OBSTRUCTS THE AIRWAY. OSA IS A CONDITION IN WHICH PAUSES IN BREATHING OCCUR DURING SLEEP BECAUSE THE AIRWAY HAS BECOME NARROWED, BLOCKED, OR FLOPPY. ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE WITH SLEEP APNEA DEVELOP HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPERTENSION), WHICH RAISES THE RISK OF HEART FAILURE AND STROKE. THE MORE SEVERE THE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA, THE GREATER THE RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP ABNORMAL OXYGEN SATURATION AND BLOOD PRESSURE LEVELS. THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN MONITOR THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE AND OXYGEN SATURATION LEVELS AT HOME WITH A BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR AND PULSE OXIMETER. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH SLEEP APNEA EXPERIENCE NOCTURNAL OXYGEN DESATURATION. SLEEP DISORDER IS DIAGNOSED IN A SLEEP LABORATORY DURING OVERNIGHT SLEEP STUDY. OVERNIGHT SLEEP STUDIES MAY BE CONDUCTED USING A WRIST PULSE OXIMETER THAT MONITORS A PATIENT’S OXYGEN SATURATION AROUND THE CLOCK. OXYGEN SATUATION LEVELS CAN ALSO BE MONITORED AROUND THE CLOCK AT HOME WITH A WRIST PULSE OXIMETER. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) IS A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION IN WHICH THE HEART MUSCLE HAS BEEN DAMAGED. ALTHOUGH THE HEART CONTINUES TO BEAT IN INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM CHF, IT IS TOO WEAK TO EFFICIENTLY PUMP ENOUGH OXYGEN-RICH BLOOD TO AND FROM THE LUNGS AND THE REST OF THE BODY. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IS A COMMON COMPLICATION OF HEART ATTACK AND OTHER TYPES OF HEART DISEASES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES THAT DAMAGE THE HEART MUSCLE. THESE INCLUDE HYPERTENSION, HEART VALVE DISORDERS, ARRHYTHMIAS, AND CARDIOMYOPATHY. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE CAN ALSO RESULT FROM ANEMIA. IN LEFT-SIDED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, THE HEART IS NOT ABLE TO PUMP BLOOD EFFECTIVELY OUT TO THE BODY, WHICH RESULTS IN BLOOD BACKING UP INTO THE VEINS THAT CARRY BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS TO THE HEART. THIS INCREASES BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE LUNGS AND LEADS TO THE ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE LUNGS. THIS IS CALLED PULMONARY EDEMA AND IS A VERY SERIOUS CONDITION, WHICH CAN BE FATAL. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN, COUGH, AND LOW OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE BLOOD. IN RIGHT-SIDED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, THE WEAK PUMPING OF THE HEART ALLOWS BLOOD TO BACK UP IN THE VEINS THAT LEAD FROM THE BODY TO THE HEART. THIS LEADS TO SWELLING OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES (EDEMA) AND OTHER SYMPTOMS.