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According to the NHS, External The condition sees people stop and start breathing while they sleep.
Other symptoms include a lot of waking up, loud snoring and wheezing, snoring or choking.
People with the disease can often feel very tired, have difficulty concentrating and suffer from mood swings.
After reading about HGNS, an implantable treatment for patients who cannot tolerate CPAP, Turnbull said she was “very grateful” to be one of the first patients to be fitted with the device.
The treatment has been developed mainly in Europe and the United States, and around 125,000 people worldwide have undergone the surgery.
The generator is surgically implanted in the patient’s chest.
It then leads to the nerve that pushes the tongue forward, so that every time you breathe in, the airway opens as the tongue tilts forward.
It is controlled by a small remote that looks like a computer mouse, and turns on each night when the patient goes to bed.
Joseph Sinnott, MD, an ear, nose and throat surgeon at GHH, says the first line of treatment is still CPAP, but if patients are really struggling, it’s a good second option.
In Wiltshire only a few patients a month are given the treatment due to “very strict requirements” and only for “very serious cases”.