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Test yourself.

Take this Sleep quiz to evaluate | your risk of having sleep apnea:

• Are you a loud, habitual snorer?
• Has your partner ever witnessed you choking, gasping or holding your breath during sleep?
• Do you regularly feel un-refreshed in the morning or with morning headache even after waking up from a full night‘s sleep?
• Do you fall asleep easily in day time while reading, watching TV, or driving?
• Have you suffered poor concentration or attention, memory loss, irritability, or bad mood?
• Do you have high blood pressure or obesity?

If you answer yes for two or more questions, you may be at risk of sleep apnea or other sleep disorder and take the results to your doctor to discuss further.

Take this Sleep quiz to evaluate | your risk of having jet lag when traveling:

• Disturbed sleep — such as insomnia, early waking or excessive sleepiness?
• Daytime fatigue?
• Difficulty concentrating or functioning at your usual level?
• Stomach problems, constipation or diarrhea?
• A general feeling of not being well?
• Mood changes?

If you answer yes for two or more questions, you may be at risk of recurrence of jet lag when traveling in airplane.

Test yourself.

Does your teen show any of these abnormal sleep disorder signs?

• Has trouble waking up most mornings?

• Acts irritable in the early afternoon?

• Falls asleep easily during the day?

• Maybe has a drop in grades?

• Sleeps for very long periods on the weekends?

If you answer yes for two or more questions, your teen may have a sleep disorder... read more