Sleep Care

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HealthEast Sleep Care Center

The National Institutes of Health estimate there are more than 70 different sleep-related disorders. Some are simply a nuisance. Others deprive people of energy, judgment and concentration.

At HealthEast Sleep Center, we monitor, diagnose and suggest treatment for a variety of sleep disorders to help patients improve their health and quality of life.

Sleep Care locations

We've have been helping patients find more restful sleep since 1981, when a sleep center opened at St. Joseph's Hospital. Today, HealthEast Sleep Care is available at these locations:

• Eagan Place Professional Building
  1215 Town Center Drive
  Eagan, MN  55123
  

• Kennard Professional Building
  3100 Kennard Street, Suite 200
  Maplewood, MN 55109
  

Sleep study

A sleep study (polysomnogram) is a test that measures bodily functions during sleep. Patients are generally referred to Sleep Care by their primary doctor.

Diagnosing a sleep disorder requires you to be monitored during sleep. This happens throughout a single 8-hour nighttime period in a private room.

While you are asleep, equipment and sensors record and monitor signals such as:

• Brainwaves
• Eye movements
• Muscle tension
• Leg movements
• Breathing
• Blood oxygen levels

When you wake up in the morning, the sleep study will be over.

Diagnosis and treatment

Your sleep test will be analyzed by a doctor who specializes in sleep disorders and a sleep disorders technologist. You'll receive the test results in the morning or during a follow-up visit with your doctor. Treatment options might include:

• Weight loss
• Mechanical devices to keep you from sleeping on your back
• Dental devices
• Medication
• Lifestyle changes
• Counseling
• Surgery

Staff

HealthEast Sleep Care is led by a medical director and experienced polysomnography technicians.

In addition, a team of specialists, including neurologists and psychologists, participates in the diagnosis and treatment of certain conditions.

A sampling of sleep disorders

• Sleep apnea is a condition in which breathing stops for a period of time, ranging from a few seconds to a couple of minutes. When it becomes severe it can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
  
  
• Hypersomnia is an excessive need for sleep, either continuous or intermittent, usually more than 12 hours a night.
  
  
• Narcolepsy, a form of hypersomnia, refers to uncontrollable attacks of daytime sleep, often resulting in hallucinations, muscle weakness or body collapse.
  
  
• Insomnia can manifest itself as difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking during the night, or an inability to fall asleep again after waking.
  
  
• Night terrors cause an individual to wake suddenly, sit up, open his/her eyes, scream, moan or cry. Night terrors can last as long as a half hour, after which a person returns to sleep. Unlike nightmares, which are often remembered the next morning, night terrors usually are not.