The Journey from No-Sleep to Asleep

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Master French playwright, Victor Hugo, spoke fondly of his childhood days and described his mother’s arms as being made of tenderness so that the children could sleep soundly in them.  One doesn’t always know if he’s ever suffered from a sleeping disorder, but unfortunately, sleep disorders affect two thirds of all Americans at some stage in their lives.  For those of you unaware of the enormity of this problem, we hope you never need to deal with this; for those of you who suffer or watch a loved one cope with this, we express our sympathies and offer hope.

 

Dr. Ronald Popper, founder and Medical Director of The Southern California Pulmonary and Sleep Disorders Medical Centre, did his fellowship research at the VA Wadsworth / UCLA Medical Center in the field known as sleep apnea.  Before commencing his practice, Dr. Popper helped in starting the sleep center at the VA Medical Center.  His interest in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders led to the inception of the center in 1984.  Sleep disorders have remained a subject that Dr. Popper has tremendous expertise in and on account of this, he speaks for the National Sleep Foundation to educate the public and increase awareness levels.

 

At the center, doctors interview patients and give them a complete physical examination to identify symptoms of sleep disorders.  Mostly, a diagnosis and a treatment plan gets formulated primarily on this basis.  For some patients, a sleep study (a painless test that requires a patient to sleep in the sleep center during their normal sleep period) gets conducted where information about the quality and the quantity of the patient’s sleep can be ascertained. 

 

Sleep disorders comprise of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Restless Limb Syndrome (RLS), Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Parasomnias and Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep.  Each has its own symptoms and if you need to ascertain which of these has been afflicting and tormenting you or a love one, click here to visit our site and answer a few questions and to unearth the villain.  Often, a problem remains one until it can be identified; thereafter, it can be diagnosed and treated.  At this center, we help you to ascertain whether a sleep disorder exists, we identify it based on your inputs and then, we determine the course of treatment that works best for you.  Knowing how frustrating a sleep disorder can be, we bring together our expertise to accompany you on this journey from losing sleep over this problem to bringing it to rest.