CONDITIONS A-Z

Conditions

Sleep Apnoea (Apnea)

Sleep Apnoea is a medical disorder where a person tops breathing for short periods (about 10 seconds) while asleep. The decreasing oxygen in the blood causes the person to wake up briefly and get back to normal breathing. The brief pauses may occur as often as 20 to 30 times an hour.

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Headaches and Migraines

Headaches may be defined as any type of pain arising from the tissue in and around the brain. It has been estimated that 98% of the Western world suffer from non-serious headaches on a regular basis. Migraines affect about 10% of the population and although some people will only suffer from an attack once a year, on average sufferers experience an attack once per month, and each attack can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

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Tinnitus

Tinnitus is not an illness or disease. Tinnitus is a term that describes the sensation of hearing a noise in the absence of an external sound. The noise can have virtually any quality. Ringing, whistling and buzzing are common but more complex sounds are also reported.

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Hearing Damage

The human ears are two, paired vibration sensors, particularly sensitive to the vibration of air molecules between the frequencies of 20-20,000 Hertz: what we interpret as sound.

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