A 40-year-old office worker, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing more than 265 pounds, had suffered from severe nighttime snoring for years. The noise was so thunderous that it sometimes jolted him awake, and he often felt as though he were “almost suffocating” during sleep.
His chronic sleep disruption triggered a cascade of problems: morning fatigue, reduced work performance, rising blood pressure, and persistent low mood. He initially sought treatment for hypertension at a cardiology clinic, but it did not produce results.
