Dr. Paul Hoff

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257 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 24 Jul

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Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta · When Snoring Becomes a Danger to Your Health · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

It's two to three weeks to recover.

And unfortunately, you know, you can have some short-term success, but the long-term success is not that great.

And it didn't address a real key component.

So just to step back, obstructive sleep apnea is a small area.

The back of the tongue to the top of the palate, you know, where the uvula is, that's where the sleep apnea obstruction comes from.

So it's a small area we're dealing with, but that tongue base is a big problem.

Yeah, yeah, it is pretty predictive.

People with a big tongue, you know, if you look and they're having them open real wide and you can't see the little dangly uvula back there, that can help predict that.

The other bigger predictor is body mass index, so people who are heavier, yeah.

Well, yeah, so sleep apnea, when you don't breathe, when your airway is blocked, that may go on for 10 seconds.

It may go on for, you know, multiple minutes at a time.

Yeah.

And they look at the percentage of time while you're asleep at night that your oxygen levels are below like 88%.

So there's something called hypoxic burden.

Basically, you know, your oxygen levels are low throughout the night, which creates stress on all the systems, including your heart.

And that can lead to arrhythmias.

Yeah, exactly.

And then the sleep fragmentation is also important.

So when you drop your oxygen levels, then you suddenly wake up, partly wake up.

You might not wake up all the way and remember it, but some people have an obstruction every 60 times an hour.

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