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Trouble Sleeping? We Can Help You Get a Good Night's Sleep

The Sleep Disorders Center at Hunterdon Medical Center is the area's only one-stop location for diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

 

Then send your partner to us. We can put up with even the loudest snoring for a night.

At the Sleep Disorders Center at Hunterdon Medical Center, our goal is to help you and your partner get a more restful – and healthier – night’s sleep. We monitor, evaluate and diagnose sleep disorders in our state-of-the-art sleep center. The process starts with an overnight stay in a comfortable room. As the patient sleeps, our team of experts evaluates him or her for sleep-related breathing and movement disorders.

The next morning, during a complimentary breakfast, our pulmonologists and sleep doctors provide a diagnosis and, if necessary, a treatment plan.

“Unfortunately, many patients assume that snoring and poor quality sleep are just a way of life but this is not the case,” says Tina Kerschner, RRT, BS, BA.

“Snoring, for example, can be a sign of a more serious condition, such as obstructive sleep apnea. A person with obstructive sleep apnea actually stops breathing for short periods of time during sleep.

“Furthermore, lack of sleep can decrease a person’s daytime productivity and increase his or her risk for car accidents and health problems.”

If you think you or your partner might have a sleep disorder, talk to your primary care physician. He or she can provide a referral. Call 908-788-6568 for more information.

The Sleep Disorders Center at Hunterdon Medical Center was recently ranked No. 1 in the country for patient satisfaction in a Press Ganey survey.

  Last Reviewed: March 2007
 
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