Mixed Sleep Apnea

What is mixed sleep apnea? It is a combination of the two main types of sleep apnea – Obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea.


All of these sleep apnea cause sleep and oxygen deprivation.

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, if severe, may develop into central sleep apnea.

Mixed Sleep Apnea Causes

In obstructive sleep apnea, the exact mechanism of the central respiratory drive loss during sleep is not known. However, it is believed that this is commonly due to a heart failure which results in the malfunctioning of the acid-base and CO2 feedback.
Sleep disorder breathing is affected by symptoms and diseases relating to cardiovascular, body mass, neurological dysfunction, and respiratory.

Chronic opiate abuse, which is consuming large doses of narcotics which results in respiratory depression, causes central sleep apnea without the obstructive component.

Researchers have described complex sleep apnea, also known as mixed sleep apnea, as a novel presentation.

Complex sleep apnea displays obsructive sleep apnea. However, upon positive airway pressure application, the sufferer displays persistent central sleep apnea, and hence the term mixed sleep apnea.

The central apnea component is evident while on CPAP therapy after eliminating the obstructive component.
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Types of sleep apnea disability :

1. central sleep apnea ,

2. obstructive sleep apnea ,

3. mixed sleep apnea (both central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea).

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external links
mayoclinic: Mixed sleep apnea