Incorporates Burgueño Maxillofacial Clinic Treatments for Sleep Apnea

Dr. Edurne Palacios, maxillofacial surgeon, joined the clinic of Dr. Burgueño

Burgueño Maxillofacial Clinic, in his philosophy of continuous improvement in an effort to update and adapt to the needs of their patients, has added a new unit responsible for the treatment of sleep apnea.

In charge of this new unit is the maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Edurne Palacios, with extensive experience of over 10 years in this condition.

Dr. Palacios has a degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra. It has the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Hospital La Paz (Madrid) with hospital stays in hospitals Radcliffe (Oxford), Stanford and the German Hospital (Santiago, Chile). Specific training in Orthognathic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery and Sleep Apnea up a professional profile that supports its prestige in the medical sector.

Many people with sleep apnea without knowing it, is that those affected can not verify the most common symptom, snoring, but there are other signs that may lead to suspect the presence of disorder.

An apnea is defined as the complete cessation of airflow to the lungs for at least 10 seconds.

There are several types of apnea:

Obstructive sleep apnea: the most frequent. In it, the disruption of air flow due to occlusion of the airway. The syndrome of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very important and common disorder in which the airways become obstructed repeatedly during the patient's sleep. To determine the existence of this syndrome must occur at least thirty pauses during sleep apnea, often associated with the patient awake by the sensation of breathlessness. This syndrome affects more than 6% of the adult population in developed countries, being more common in middle-aged men who are overweight, and women who are past menopause.

Central apnea, the brain stops sending the proper signals to the muscles that control breathing, so they stop working, interrupting her.

Currently, the focus of the clinic is aimed at Burgueño Maxillofacial Surgery Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dentistry, Facial Aesthetics and Dermatology.



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Author: Pilar Esteban, Communications.