The test while you rest

When a Doctor suspected in a patient with sleep disorders have, the next step is usually to send the patient to sleep.

This diagnostic test, also called polysomnograph, monitors several physical and physiological parameters when the patient is asleep for a period of one night.

The most comprehensive survey monitors the patient s brain waves, heart and rhythm, movement of the eye, the airflow, Chin Tonus, thorax and abdomen, leg movement, flow, and the rate of oxygen saturation.

Earlier studies sleep only can be carried out in sleep labs in medical centres, where a technician will monitor their sleep throughout the night.

Dzulkarnean (left) adjusts the system diagnostic sleep on Aida to ensure loosen and remove that he will not tray with cables. Hidden are Thanapalan (striped shirt) and sales manager Goodlabs Medical Imm Meng low.

However, the availability of smaller and more mobile enabled patients to undergo the test in the comfort of their own homes.

Metro on Sunday reporter Aida Ahmad had the experience of undergoing a study home sleep, Philips healthcare through their Malaysian Distributor, Goodlabs medical Sdn Bhd.

She shares her experience below:

When I knew that he will participate in the study of sleep, and he was actually excited and was looking forward to it.

In addition I hadn t been Sleeping well, so this opportunity to learn more about why I was so sleep deprived was too good to miss. At the beginning was I said would require me connected to the computer and electrodes, while technicians sleep, how they are named, will monitor My brain waves and sleep in the sleep laboratory.

A little too close, convenience, I thought, but I don't want to be Guinea on behalf of the science.

The sleep study is research, which records the various functions of the body during sleep. Instead of carrying out research in the laboratory, technicians decided that it would be better to keep it in place, which would be more comfortable for me, my home. After all it was sleep study, and a conducive environment was necessary to achieve proper results.

During the day and was given specific instructions by the Executive Board of the company, which distributes the device, called the Alice PDx Sleep diagnostic system. As I was supposed to be hooked up at 9.30 pm, special instructions were applicable on the day of the survey of the House of sleep.

One did not NAP, the consumption of coffee, tea, or carbonated drinks, chocolates or any sleep aid (ie nasenne, sedatives, etc), wear any body tanning, face cream, make-up, jewellery, acrylic nails or nail.

So I wear fresh after the shower and in my comfortable sleep. There were three people who came to my house one sleep technique and two executives from distribution companies, Goodlabs medical Sdn Bhd.; Although usually only one technique is to create a sleep on the client (s) of origin. I was also, that gadget used to assess all relevant tasks was the same size of the MP3 player with several cables to boot.

Trying to fall asleep diagnostic (OBD) systems.

I was wrong.

In a black gift box (similar to laptop bags) was the main gadget, sort of like a mini computer stores and logs data in a memory card.

Then unpack wires and electrodes (which had to be stuck on his head), gels glue, sensors, and bands go on one of my fingers index, chest and nose.

After a short briefing about the procedure, I began to wonder what I got myself into.

Unfortunately, it was too late to run far, far away, and with and lata?a me.

Sleep technician, Mohamad Dzulkarnean Mohamad Haniffa, told me the first time, where seven electrodes will be appended to the head. The entire procedure is actually painless. To attach the electrodes, had to use the cleaning Paste (such as scrub facial) to clean the surface of the rear part of My scalp and My forehead. Then the electrodes were dipped in a temporary adhesive Paste and placed on his head.

About thirty minutes later, with seven electrodes on the head and two small sensor pads on my chest attached to the harness color, myself and was part of the experiment for cloning human beings.

Then came the two teams, which are attached to my chest and waist to measure My breathing effort.

Finally, it was connected with the temperature sensor to monitor the flow of air on my nozdrzy and mouth.

Took about an hour to include everything, and when I looked at me in the mirror, I think I really can scare the staff in the Embassy.

So what is one supposed to after that?

Sleep it would be appropriate response. But actually, you can watch TV, read a book or just lie in BED until you fall asleep.

Don t worry, if you need to get up and use the bathroom in the middle of the night. But convenience s sake, try not to drink too much water before the procedure.

There is a way to interact with the device should get up in the middle of the night. There is a button you can press Pause, it doesn t stop data input.

Within the meaning of heading, try not to roll on Your stomach, for obvious reasons.

I slept quite well, must say, in spite of all the wires and the fear that one or two may get entangled or had with the device.

When I woke, he had about 10 minutes to stop yourself from pora?ania medical research or the electrodes and the bands of the sensor.

Device with all accessories, equipment was then picked up by Goodlabs Medical business manager (sleep and ventilation Homecare) b. Thanapalan back to Microsoft for analysis and production of the final report.

Fortunately, the results, which came back a few days later, showed nothing abnormal. So can I simply have been deprived of sleep, because sleep is a low priority for me. I know better now! ?

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