In obstructive sleep apnea, loud snoring and pauses in breathing are noticed by the bed partner, but the sleeper may have no complaints apart from sleepiness in the day.

在阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合症患者中，他们的鼾声非常大，并且呼吸上时有停歇，对此他们毫不知情，除了白天嗜睡。

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First, they did not take into account for obstructive sleep apnea, the disorder known to cause disrupted sleep due to pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep.

首先，他们没有考虑阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停，因睡眠中的呼吸停止或者呼吸微弱这些已知障碍导致的睡眠中断。

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The study showed that he had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a disorder in which breathing stops repeatedly in sleep for 10 seconds or longer, lowering oxygen supply to the brain.

研究表明他患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停综合症，一种人在睡眠中反复地停止呼吸长达10秒或更长时间的症状，降低脑部的氧气供给量。

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This includes treatment for 80% of the 250, 000 to 350, 000 people who suffer from fatigue due to multiple sclerosis, and perhaps 200, 000 of the 12 million patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, a sleep disorder that causes a person to stop breathing during the night, but which also causes daytime sleepiness, says Cephalon spokeswoman Sheryl Williams.

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In obstructive sleep apnea, the airway repeatedly collapses during sleep causing sufferers to stop breathing briefly.

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Verne Wisby, 68, suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a lung disease linked to smoking that can cause respiratory infections and breathing trouble.

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