A 64yrs male suffering from severe snoring, lethargy, drowsiness and daytime sleepiness from the past 2-3 years. He already underwent CABG surgery 4 years back. Known case of DM/ HTN for the last 12 years. His quality of life worsened and he was not able to have a peaceful sleep. He consulted many pulmonologists & cardiologists, they advised to use CPAP, but he couldn’t get his issue resolved. Then he came to us and got diagnosed as OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA @ multi level obstruction (nasal cavity, velopharyngeal valve and tongue base. For which our expert and world renowned ENT, Rhinology & skull base surgeon Dr Narayanan Janakiram has performed multiple surgical procedures in a single sitting (Septal correction + turbinate reduction + uvulopalatopharyngoplasty + tongue base reduction) patient is now breathing freely and his snoring has resolved, Patient feels very happy.

As many people have this misconception that if a person sleeps with snoring it is a sound/ deep sleep, this is Wrong. Snoring causes sleep apnea which means person stops breathing for few seconds & wakes up in the middle of the night and has disturbed sleep which leads to many complications like pulmonary hypertension, insulin resistance, decrease sexual drive, day time drowsiness which might cause accidents while driving or other machinery accidents in factories and also can lead to cardiac arrest. So please don’t ignore if your partner or any family member is snoring. Please do visit ent surgeons and get evaluated thoroughly. We at Vasavi royal pearl Ent and skull base institute, lakdikapul, hyderabad, Telangana are providing advanced surgical treatment for snoring issues.