00:00There is a condition affecting 30 million Americans.
00:03Most of them do not even know they have it.
00:05And doctors say it could be silently increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke, and early death.
00:11It is called sleep apnoea, a disorder where breathing stops and starts during sleep.
00:17Sometimes hundreds of times in a single night.
00:20The scary part?
00:21You do not feel it happening.
00:23You wake up briefly and forget it completely.
00:26But your body does not forget.
00:28Each pause in breathing cuts oxygen.
00:32That puts extreme stress on your heart.
00:34It raises blood pressure and damages your cardiovascular system.
00:38New research now shows something alarming.
00:40People with untreated severe sleep apnoea face up to four times the risk of dying from heart-related causes.
00:48And here is the most shocking fact.
00:50Up to 90% of people with this condition are never diagnosed.
00:54Yes, risk increases with obesity, age, and genetics.
00:57But even young and healthy people are being diagnosed.
01:00So that loud snoring you ignore?
01:03It might not just be annoying.
01:05It might be the only warning before silence becomes deadly.
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