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Associates of Otolaryngology offers premier ear, nose, and throat healthcare services to patients from Kiowa. We have remained a trusted name for multi-generational families for more than 40 years now. Our team aims to give you undivided attention and listen to your concerns before recommending the most optimal solution and medication that helps with your concerns and expectations. We offer our patients decades of experience, the surgical skills and artistic expertise required for head, neck, and face surgical procedures. When you are seeking the best in diagnosis and treatment, Associates of Otolaryngology is your answer to an unparalleled team of experts who will work with you to get the desired results.
Consistent and healthy sleep is essential for our overall health. However, different conditions can affect your sleep like snoring, and this does not allow you a good night’s sleep. At our center, we diagnose your sleep concerns before we help you with the most suitable treatment that will help with the improvement of your sleep habits. If you think you are suffering from a sleep-related issue, you can choose from several procedures recommended by our team.
Snoring is a common problem and every family has somebody who snores and is the center of all jokes. It is embarrassing, disturbs your partner’s sleep as well and leads to problems in the daytime for you like fatigue, headaches, and lack of concentration. Our team will conduct a physical examination and check your medical history thoroughly before any treatment for snoring and sleep apnea is started. These examinations also rule out any other serious ailment that could be causing your snoring issues. Snoring and sleep apnea symptoms could also be caused by allergies, congestion, sinusitis or nasal obstruction. Our expert team will rule out all of these issues with a thorough diagnosis and tests before treating you for sleep apnea.
What is Sleep Apnea?
Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder wherein your breathing may get interrupted at night. This could be up to a hundred times in one night and leads to a decrease in oxygen in your body and brain. The condition could affect anybody including children.
What are the Risk Factors of Sleep Apnea?
Some of the risk factors for sleep apnea include:
- If you are over the age of 40
- If you are overweight
- Men are more likely to get sleep apnea
- A large neck
- Large tonsils and tongue and a small jawbone
- Family history of sleep apnea
- If you suffer from GERD or gastroesophageal reflux
- You suffer from nasal obstruction caused by an allergy, sinus or deviated septum.
Sleep Apnea Symptoms
When you see certain symptoms, it is time that you schedule a consultation with our experts. When left untreated, sleep apnea could lead to several health issues like depression, diabetes, stroke, high blood pressure, and heart failure. If you notice these symptoms in yourself or your loved ones, you should contact our team right away:
- Waking up with a sore and dry throat
- Snoring loudly
- Waking up with a sensation of choking and gasping
- Feeling sleepy throughout the day and lack of energy
- Suffering from headaches in the morning
- Insomnia and recurrent awakening
- Being forgetful and experiencing mood changes
About Kiowa, CO
The town of Kiowa is a home rule municipality and also the county seat of Elbert County in Colorado. The town was named for the Kiowa people, an Indian tribe, even though it was known as ‘Wendling’ after an early settler in 1859. Castle Rock is 23 miles while Limon is 44 miles away and Denver is an hour’s drive away. Visitors to the town can enjoy annual festivals like the Pumpkin Harvest Festival which is upcoming in the month of October. You can learn about the American Buffalo at Buffalo Groves Inc. and enjoy the tales of the Smoky Hill Trail and Elbert County settlements at the Elbert County Museum. If cars fascinate you, then head to the Vehicle Vault Car Museum which is also an event center. And you can top it all at Rose’s Creamery which focuses on nut butter and ice cream.
Associates of Otolaryngology, or, AOO | ENT Specialists of the Rockies has been serving multiple generations of families across the Denver Metro area since 1969. Our group of board-certified surgeons has been providing award-winning treatment and exceeding patients’ expectations with our specialized ENT services for over fifty-five years.
Thanks to our exceptional providers, we are an all-encompassing, comprehensive ENT practice. Our expert team of specialists includes general ENT surgeons, head and neck surgeons, sleep, sinus, and allergy specialists, and facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgeons. In addition, our team of providers is supported by doctoral-level audiologists, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners.
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