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Sleep Testing Geelong

Community Care Chemist Geelong provides sleep testing and expert advice on the treatment of sleep disorders including sleep apnoea and chronic snoring.

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Sleep Testing Geelong

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  1. Sleep Testing in Geelong Sleep Testing, also referred to as sleep study, is a test used to diagnose sleep disorders. Sleep Testing is important because untreated sleep disorders can raise the risk for heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and other medical conditions. Sleep Test records your brain waves, the oxygen level in your blood, heart rate and breathing, as well as eye and leg movements during the study. Sleep Tests are painless and very important, as they measure how well you sleep and how your body responds to sleep problems. These tests can help your doctor find out whether you have a sleep disorder and how severe it is.

  2. The most common Sleep Tests are: Polysomnogram Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) Sleep Testing in Geelong can help diagnose: Sleep-related breathing disorders, such as sleep apnea Sleep-related seizure disorders Sleep-related movement disorders, such as periodic limb movement disorder.

  3. Sleep tiredness, such as narcolepsy disorders that cause extreme daytime Sleep disorders also have been linked to an increased risk of injury, such as falling (in the elderly) and car accidents. To learn more, please visit: http://www.communitycarechemist.com.au/

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