Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a disorder caused by the repetitive collapse or obstruction of the upper airway during sleep, and is commonly associated with loud snoring or observed pauses in breathing during sleep.
In this episode of the StarMed House Calls podcast, we got StarMed’s internal medicine specialist and sleep physician, Dr Garvi Pandya to explain to us what causes OSA, its risk factors, and what happens if it goes untreated.