Brief Answer: Sleep Study is your first step Detailed Answer: Hi. I am glad that your are trying to address your problem. Let me see if I can help you by giving you a little background information on Sleep apnea. Then we can see what needs to be done. Sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed. Doctors usually can't detect the condition during routine office visits. Also, no blood test can help diagnose the condition. Most people who have sleep apnea don't know they have it because it only occurs during sleep. A family member or bed partner might be the first to notice signs of sleep apnea. The most common type of sleep apnea is obstructive sleep apnea. Here, the airway collapses or becomes blocked during sleep. This causes shallow breathing or breathing pauses. When you try to breathe, any air that squeezes past the blockage can cause loud snoring. Obstructive sleep apnea is more common in people who are overweight, but it can affect anyone. Your primary doctor can diagnose sleep apnea based on medical and family histories, a physical exam, and a test called a "sleep study". A sleep study is simply a test where they connect you to monitors and they observe what happens while you sleep in the hospital. It is an overnight test and it is not painful or invasive. So my suggestion is that you seek out a good center in your area where a sleep study can be done and consult with one of the doctors there. Once those results are in, you and your primary doctor can decide what needs to be done next. Feel free to follow-up! Thanks for coming to HealthCareMagic! Vinay

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Brief Answer: Ramiah Hospital & Apollo, wait for ENT Detailed Answer: Hi XXXXXXX Thanks for following up. I know of two sleep study centers in Bangalore. One at MS Ramiah Memorial Hospital and the other at Apollo Hospital. Though a simple google search shows that there are more than that. It really depends on where you are most comfortable going and which is closest for you. As for an ENT. I would wait for the sleep study result before I did so. I have a feeling the ENT would want to see the result as well. Happy New Year! Vinay

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