Centre for Sleep Medicine

The danger of breathing interruptions

Due to breathing pauses, your brain is temporarily insufficiently supplied with oxygen and the sleep phases are interrupted. The result: your body goes into a kind of permanent stress. A bad night's sleep is often followed by a bad morning. What many people don't know is that so-called sleep-related breathing disorders can increase night-time blood pressure, increase the risk of stroke and Heart attack increases, as does the risk of work and traffic accidents due to poor concentration and impaired memory.

Diagnose causes of scharch

Often, obesity is one of the main causes that trigger snoring and breathing problems. This is because fat deposits are not only stored in the abdomen but also in the throat area, where a nocturnal bottleneck of the airways can then occur. In the sleep laboratory at the MEDIZINICUM Hamburg, interdisciplinary specialists are available to treat obesity and metabolic dysfunctions, to work out movement and Nutritional concepts and thus reduce the risk of further complications. Metabolic dysfunctions reduce the risk of further diseases.

Sleep laboratory Hamburg

We have 75 doctors from over 30 specialties working together on an interdisciplinary basis to diagnose the cause of your sleep problems. For example, if you do nothing about breathing stops and the associated sleep apnoea, your metabolic functions can deteriorate in all areas. Using the latest high-end technical equipment, our qualified medical teams analyze your problems together, make a comprehensive diagnosis and develop therapeutic strategies to help you get a good night's sleep again. After all, sleep is an essential part of our physical and mental health.