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Clinical Hub Aberystwyth
Your Health Matters
Sleep Apnoea
Sleep apnoea is a condition where you pause breathing for periods that can extend to a few minutes in the night. It affects roughly 1 in 10 of us. These pauses can reoccur many times a night.
As a result you are not refreshed by your sleep and you can be very tired when you wake up. This is very dangerous and may be linked to an increased risk of a traffic accident.
We are exploring how Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines improve the symptoms of sleep apnoea. We are trying to monitor how changes in your blood could indicate if CPAP is working and how its use can be improved.
Dr. Scott O'Rourke
BMBS MRCP (UK)
Dr. O'Rourke graduated from Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry in 2011 and is currently a senior registrar in respiratory and general internal medicine in Wales. He has a special interest in sleep medicine, and is currently undertaking a MD in metabolomics and sleep-disordered breathing at Swansea University.
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Miss Sarah Thomas
Doctoral student
Sarah has a BSc (Hons) in Genetics, and is in year 2 of her PhD at Aberystwyth University, where she researches microbial and metabolite markers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She has interests in antimicrobial resistance and microbiomes, of both humans and in the environments we interact with.
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