Sleep Disorder - Snoring Fatigue. Sleep Problems and Nightmares

During normal breathing, air passes through the throat on its way to the  lungs. The air travels past the soft palate, uvula, tonsils, and tongue. When a  person is awake, the muscles in the back of the throat tighten to hold these  structures in place preventing them from collapsing and/or vibrating in the  airway. During sleep, the uvula and soft palate frequently vibrate causing the  distinctive sounds of snoring.

The LAUP procedure is a laser surgical procedure designed to sequentially  trim and shorten these structures, thus preventing or reducing snoring.

Risks and Complications

You have the right to be informed that the surgery may involve risks of  unsuccessful results, complications, or injury from both known and unforeseen  causes. Because individuals vary in their tissue circulation and healing  processes, as well as anesthetic reactions, ultimately there can be no guarantee  made as to the results or potential complications. The following complications  have been reported in the medical literature. This list is not meant to be  inclusive of every possible complication. They are listed here for your  information only, not to frighten you, but to make you aware and more  knowledgeable concerning this surgical procedure.

 1. Failure to resolve the snoring. Most  surgeons feel that about 85% of patients who undergo a LAUP will have a  significant or complete resolution in their snoring; and an additional  percentage of patients will notice reduced levels of snoring such that their  sleep partners will report that it's level is no longer offensive.

2. Failure to cure sleep apnea or other  pathological sleep disorders. Pathological sleep disorders, like sleep apnea,  are medical problems which may have associated serious complications. At this  time, the LAUP procedure has not been proven to cure these disorders.
3. Bleeding. In very rare situations, a need  for blood products or a blood transfusion. You have the right, should you  choose, to have autologous or designated donor directed blood pre-arranged. You  are encouraged to consult with your doctor if you are interested.

4. Nasal regurgitation, a change in voice, or  velopharyngeal insufficiency when liquids may flow into the nasal cavity during  swallowing (rare).

5. Failure to resolve coexisting sinus, tonsil,  or nasal problems.

6. Need for revision, or further and more  aggressive surgery.

7. Prolonged pain, impaired healing, and the  need for hospitalization.

Sleep Disorder Snoring Fatigue.

During normal breathing, air passes through the throat on its way to the  lungs. The air travels past the soft palate, uvula, tonsils, and tongue. When a  person is awake, the muscles in the back of the throat tighten to hold these  structures in place preventing them from collapsing and/or vibrating in the  airway. During sleep, the uvula and soft palate frequently vibrate causing the  distinctive sounds of snoring.


Sleep apnea is a condition associated with breath holding. Most patients with  sleep apnea will be very loud snorers. Sleep apnea is a chronic medical  condition associated with chronic fatigue, morning headache, sudden death, and  car accidents.


Any person who is a loud snorer and is observed to have breath holding during  sleep should be suspected as having sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with a  sleep study. I would suggest that you see your doctor regarding this problem.  Fatigue can be related to snoring.

Sleep Problems and Nightmares

During a nightmare your body muscles which are under your control (except for  eyeball muscles) such as legs, speech, arms, etc are paralyzed--ie you can't run  downstairs!! What she had was called a "night terror"--similar to what others do  when sleep walking. The person is asleep, may occasionally wake up  spontaneously, but until that time has no idea what is going on--night terrors  are really most frightening for the observer vs the patient. To learn more about  sleep issues pick up a copy of "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems".

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