Sleep Disorder Center

Comprehensive Care 

While it is normal to feel tired, if your need for sleep affects your daily activities, you may be sleep deprived. If you answer yes to one or more of these questions, you should consider a check-up with your health care practitioner.

• Do you snore loudly?
• Has anyone noticed that you stop breathing when you sleep?
• Do you feel as if you just can’t sleep?
• Do you regularly use sleep medications?
• Does daytime sleepiness affect your work?
• Do you often experience morning headaches?

People with sleep disorders find comprehensive, compassionate care from the experts at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital’s Sleep Disorders Center. Our team of professional sleep technicians works closely with physicians who are board certified in sleep, pulmonary, critical care and internal medicine. Together, we find solutions for people suffering sleep disorders, such as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, periodic limb movement disorders, narcolepsy and more.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Sleep apnea occurs when an individual stops breathing momentarily, awakens and gasps for air during the sleep cycle. For some patients, this process happens more than 100 times an hour. Common symptoms include loud snoring, morning headaches, trouble concentrating or extreme tiredness during the day.

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)

Occurring after periods of physical rest, like sitting or lying down, RLS causes patients to experience an uncontrollable creepy, crawly feeling in the legs, particularly in the evening hours. The sensation usually becomes less intense, when an individual moves his or her legs.

Narcolepsy

Patients with this condition have the uncontrollable urge to fall asleep, sometimes sleeping more than an hour at a time. Other symptoms may include hallucinations, seeing objects or images that are not present; sleep paralysis, the inability to speak or move when going to sleep or waking up; and cataplexy, muscular weakness or slackening.