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Does your husband fall asleep just as the action heats up? Does he fall asleep during his favorite TV show? During meetings? At the wheel? Those symptoms, along with excessive snoring may mean he suffers sleep apnea, a problem that interrupts normal sleep and can lead to much more serious complications.

At Carolinas Sleep Services at Carolinas HealthCare System, our specialists have the experience, skill and advanced technology to evaluate and treat sleep disorders in both children and adults. There are more than 50 sleep disorders that cause difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep or remaining awake during normal waking hours. Fortunately, most sleep disorders are treatable after an accurate diagnosis.

Reasons to seek help at Carolinas Sleep Services:

  • Loud snoring
  • Breathing pauses during sleep
  • Chronic inability to fall asleep or stay asleep
  • Dependence on sleeping pills
  • Excessive daytime sleepiness
  • Frequent nightmares or screaming ("night terrors")
  • Frequent, often violent leg movements during sleep
  • Grinding teeth during sleep
  • Pediatric sleep disorders
  • Leg discomfort prior to sleep
  • Night seizures
  • Frequent morning headaches
  • Nighttime chest pains
  • Sleep walking or dream enactments

Sleep Services Carolinas Sleep Services
Carolinas Sleep Services opened the first facility of its kind in the Charlotte area "fully accredited" by the Academy of Sleep Medicine. This organization monitors its members to ensure compliance with the principles of modern sleep disorder medicine and treatment.

Sleep Center Locations
All Carolinas Sleep Services locations offer the same services.

  • Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
  • Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, Charlotte, NC
  • Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville, Pineville, NC
  • Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln, Lincolnton, NC
  • Mallard Creek Medical Park, Charlotte, NC
  • Carolinas Medical Center-Union, Monroe, NC
  • Valdese Hospital, Rutherford College, NC
  • Huntersville

For more information, call Carolinas Sleep Services at 704-510-9900 or toll-free 1-877-2SLEEPEZ.

Mecklenburg Medical Group
Mecklenburg Medical Group, sleep specialists offer help to those suffering from various sleep disorders including sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy and other sleep-related conditions.

 Mecklenburg Medical Group
Jason A. Peck, M.D.
Ehrlich C. Tan, M.D.

Charlotte Medical Clinic
Charlotte Medical Clinic, a Carolinas Physicians Network practice, is provides comprehensive medical care in internal medicine and the subspecialties of cardiology (non-invasive), endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology-oncology, pulmonary disease, sleep medicine and critical care.

 Charlotte Medical Clinic
Scott Lindblom, M.D.
Michael A. Reif, M.D.

 QUICK FACTS
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About 30 to 40 million Americans suffer from serious sleep disorders.

Most sleep disorders can be successfully treated or controlled once properly diagnosed.

Sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure, increased risk of heart attacks and stroke, and even heart failure in severe cases.

About 40% of the adult population snores.

Snoring is more common among those who are overweight and middle-aged or older.

Drowsy driving causes approximately 100,000 car crashes annually.

Each night, about 75% of your sleep is spent in non-REM sleep and about 25% dreaming.

Narcolepsy afflicts about 1 in every 2,000 people.

It's a myth that we need less sleep in our senior years.

In the past century, we have reduced our average time asleep by 20% and, in the past 25 years, added a month to our average annual work/commute time.

 QUESTIONNAIRE
If you answer yes to any of the following questions, you may have a sleep problem:
1
Have you ever been told you snore loudly or stop breathing in your sleep?
2 Are you tired or sleepy during the day despite getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night?
3 Do you use the bathroom frequently during the night?
4 Have you ever fallen asleep driving?
5 Do you frequently have problems falling or staying asleep?
6 Do you have uncomfortable or restless feelings in your legs at night?

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