Sleep Apnea Symptoms in Spanish

What it means

Sleep apnea symptoms are the problems a person with sleep apnea may have during sleep and during the day, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) lists them in two groups. While asleep, a person may have breathing that starts and stops, frequent loud snoring, and gasping for air; NHLBI notes that you may not know you have these symptoms until someone tells you. Symptoms you may notice yourself include daytime sleepiness and tiredness, dry mouth, fatigue, headache, insomnia, and waking up often during the night to urinate. Children who have sleep apnea may be overactive and may experience bedwetting. MedlinePlus adds that people with sleep apnea may wake up unrefreshed in the morning. In Spanish the term is síntomas de apnea del sueño.

Spanish term: Síntomas de apnea del sueño
Gender and article: masculine: los síntomas de apnea del sueño
Pronunciation: SEEN-toh-mahs deh ahp-NEH-ah del SWEH-nyoh

Síntomas de apnea del sueño is the wording NHLBI uses in Spanish: podría tener estos síntomas de apnea del sueño. The noun síntoma is masculine, as in NHLBI's los siguientes síntomas. For the night-time symptoms NHLBI writes respiración que comienza y se detiene (breathing that starts and stops) and ronquidos fuertes y frecuentes (frequent loud snoring). Where the English page says gasping for air, the Spanish page says dificultad para respirar; MedlinePlus en español uses jadeo for gasp and resoplido for snort.

The daytime symptoms in NHLBI's Spanish list are somnolencia y cansancio durante el día (daytime sleepiness and tiredness), resequedad en la boca (dry mouth), fatiga, dolor de cabeza (headache), insomnio and despertarse a menudo durante la noche para orinar (waking up often during the night to urinate). For children it uses enuresis for bedwetting and hiperactivos for overactive. MedlinePlus en español adds sentirse soñolientas o adormecidas durante todo el día (feeling sleepy or drowsy throughout the day) and dolores de cabeza, especialmente en la mañana (headaches, especially in the morning).

Phrases for an appointment

What a patient or a clinician might say, in English and Spanish:

Who	English	Spanish
Clinician	What symptoms have you noticed at night?	¿Qué síntomas ha notado por la noche?
Patient	My family tells me that my snoring can be heard through the wall.	Mi familia me dice que mis ronquidos se oyen a través de la pared.
Clinician	Has anyone seen your breathing stop and start again while you sleep?	¿Alguien ha visto que su respiración se detiene y vuelve a comenzar mientras duerme?
Patient	I wake up with a dry mouth and a headache almost every morning.	Me despierto con la boca seca y dolor de cabeza casi todas las mañanas.
Clinician	How many times do you get up at night to urinate?	¿Cuántas veces se levanta por la noche para orinar?
Patient	Two or three times, and I have trouble concentrating at work.	Dos o tres veces, y me cuesta concentrarme en el trabajo.
Clinician	Do you get sleepy while reading or watching television?	¿Le da sueño mientras lee o ve televisión?
Patient	My son snores, wets the bed, and has trouble paying attention at school.	Mi hijo ronca, moja la cama y le cuesta prestar atención en la escuela.

In 9 languages

Language	Term
English	Sleep Apnea Symptoms
Spanish (Español)	Síntomas de apnea del sueño
Chinese (中文)	睡眠呼吸中止症狀
Korean (한국어)	수면 무호흡 증상
Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)	Triệu chứng ngưng thở khi ngủ
Filipino (Tagalog)	Sintomas ng sleep apnea
Portuguese (Português)	Sintomas de apneia do sono
Thai (ภาษาไทย)	อาการหยุดหายใจขณะหลับ
Japanese (日本語)	睡眠時無呼吸の症状

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Related ICD-10-CM category

ICD-10-CM code: G47 → Sleep disorders

Related terms

Your right to an interpreter in the United States

If English is not your primary language and you have difficulty communicating in English, you may need an interpreter or a translated document when you visit a doctor or dentist, go to the emergency room or pick up a prescription. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights states that two federal laws, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, require programs that receive its funding to provide language access services free of charge.

You can ask when you make the appointment or at the front desk: "I need an interpreter, please." «Necesito un intérprete, por favor.»

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Sources

This page is a language reference. It is not medical advice.