Sleep diagnostic center opens

MOSES LAKE — The second branch of the Central Washington Sleep Diagnostic Center recently opened in Moses Lake at 2323 W. Broadway Ave., Unit 4.

The business is here to help people experiencing sleeping disorders, as more than 70 million Americans’ sleep is currently affected.

MOSES LAKE — The second branch of the Central Washington Sleep Diagnostic Center recently opened in Moses Lake at 2323 W. Broadway Ave., Unit 4.

The business is here to help people experiencing sleeping disorders, as more than 70 million Americans’ sleep is currently affected.

The affects of sleep deprivation include depression, brain fog, change in mental status, short-term memory loss, weight gain, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, traffic accidents, workplace accidents and injuries.

“Moses Lake really needed a sleep lab,” said Kelly Kane, the center’s marketing coordinator. “The need was here, the demographic was here.”

The sleep center has been “very well-received by local physicians and facilities,” she commented.

Sleep studies are done at the center to properly diagnose a patient’s sleep problem.

Dr. Eric Haeger is board certified in sleep medicine and leads a team at locations in Moses Lake and Wenatchee. Employees also include four registered sleep technologists, two sleep technicians, a certified respiratory therapist and a registered nurse.

Haeger is also the medical director of the Okanogan Douglas District Hospital in Brewster. His education includes sleep training at Stanford School of Sleep Medicine in California and family medicine residency at the University of Rochester in New York. He is also a graduate of Loma Linda University.

Haeger said most patients are experiencing sleep apnea and an upper resistance syndrome followed by snoring, choking and coughing.

“People are tired,” he said. “I’ve had people tell me ‘I don’t sit down, if I sit down, I fall asleep.’”

As people age, the problem worsens

“Everything has the tendency to sag,” Haeger commented. “It’s how we age. Often, the throat will collapse. We have people say they were doing well, then they reach a critical mass.”

He’s seen younger people with sleep problems because they have a narrow face and a small jaw.

With children, their tonsils present problem as they’re taking up space in their throat, which affects breathing.

Patients are seen by appointment.

For more information, visit www.SleepWellLoveLife.com or call 509-663-1578.