Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Psyche – Nervous System (F00-F99; G00-G99).

  • Bruxism (teeth grinding) – unconscious, usually nocturnal but also daytime, repetitive masticatory muscle activity characterized by grinding or clenching of the teeth or Tension or clenching of the jaws occurs; typical consequences are morning muscular pain, hypertrophy of the masseter muscle (masticatory muscle), abrasions (loss of tooth structure), wedge-shaped defects of the teeth, root resorptions (degradation of root cement or cement and dentin in the area of one or more tooth roots) and possibly also temporomandibular joint disorders; like OSA, can also lead to increased daytime sleepiness
  • Hypersomnias (sleep addiction) – in internal, neurological or psychiatric diseases; clinical picture: affected persons are sleepy during the day and repeatedly fall asleep involuntarily.
  • Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) – insensations mostly in the lower extremities and associated urge to move (motor restlessness); like OSA, can lead to increased daytime sleepiness.
  • Central sleep apnea syndrome (ZSA).

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

  • Primary snoring

Medication

  • See under causes

Further

  • Alcohol
  • Drugs