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Sleep lab to be opened

Special Correspondent

COIMBATORE: A sleep lab will be opened at the PSG Hospitals here on Wednesday. It will monitor the overnight sleep of a person and assess the quality of sleep, its various stages, quality of breathing and also interruptions.

A press release said that a sleep study was necessary to treat Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Patients with this problem suffered interruptions in breathing during sleep.

. People who were obese, those taking alcohol, sedatives or sleeping pills and those with the habit of loud snoring were prone to Sleep Apnea, the release said.

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