Snarkare? Swedish for CPAP?

Anyone else think this is a funny topic up there?

08/20/08 Hjälp för snarkare som slutar andas

http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/jonkoping/nyhe ... el=2261947

I'd love to know what "snarkare" means. I want to use it in a sentence. HJALP!

And, maybe even more importantly, what's "slutar"? Is that CPAP therapy for the morally challenged? (Slut-Air)

BTW, anyone catch that Dateline or whatever it was on sleep-eating last night (on ABC)? I just kept moaning and worrying about all the folks on this board already fighting OSA, Restless Leg Syndrome, GERD, Centrals, etc. etc. Now they have to worry about sleep-eating? (Think sleep-walking)

I think I need a valium....
Babs

Running the page through Google's language translator results in the following:

Hjälp för snarkare som slutar andas
Help snore ending breathe

Harald Andersson är en av dem som blivit hjälpt med CPAP-tekniken.
Harald Andersson is one of those who have been helped by CPAP technology.

Foto: Peter Olsson SR Jönköping
Photo: Peter Olsson SR Jönköping

Att sova med en andningsmask har blivit allt vanligare bland länsbor, som har problem med andningsuppehåll under sömnen, så kallad sömnapné.
Sleeping with a breathing mask has become increasingly common among länsbor, who have problems with andningsuppehåll during sleep, so-called sleep apnea.

”Trycket från patienter som behöver hjälp blir större” säger öronläkaren Ola Sunnergren:
"The pressure of patients who need help will be greater," said öronläkaren Ola Sunnergren:

Behandlingsmetoden heter CPAP och består av en liten apparat som höjer trycket i de övre luftvägarna och gör det lättare att andas.
Behandlingsmetoden is called CPAP, and consists of a small device that increases the pressure in the upper respiratory tract and make it easier to breathe.

Metoden tar i stort sett helt bort andningsuppehåll under natten.
The method takes almost completely removed andningsuppehåll during the night.

I Jönköpings län ökar nu väntetiderna för att få hjälp.
In Jönköping output now waiting for help.

Det säger Ola Sunnergren, läkare vid öronkliniken vid länssjukhuset Ryhov i Jönköping.
It says Ola Sunnergren, doctors at öronkliniken at länssjukhuset Ryhov in Cambridge.

Jan Hedner, professor i sömnrelaterade sjukdomar på Sahlgrenska universitetsjukhuset i Göteborg, uppskattar att uppemot 10 000 apparater ordineras varje år i Sverige samtidigt som tillverkarna bedömer att marknaden ökar med mellan 10 och 15 procent årligen.
Jan Hedner, professor of sleep disorders at Sahlgrenska universitetsjukhuset in Gothenburg, Sweden, estimates that up to 10 000 devices prescribed each year in Sweden, while manufacturers estimate that the market is growing by between 10 and 15 percent annually.

En av alla de svenskar som nu sover med andningsmask är Harald Arvidsson i Mårtensdrätt utanför Jönköping.
One of the many Swedes who now sleeps with breathing mask is Harald Arvidsson in Mårtensdrätt outside Delhi.

Det har betytt väldigt mycket för både mig och för min fru, säger han.
It has meant a great deal for both me and for my wife, "he says.

See Babs, arn't you sorry you asked!!!!!! Hjälp, I need Hjälp!!!!!!!!!! I snarkare!!

Jerry

For some reason, Babs, this reminds me of the credits for the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail... A Møøse once bit my sister ...

http://www.smouse.force9.co.uk/monty.htm

I snarkare alla time. I wonder if I need a lansbor?

Hjalp! Hjalp! I've Snarkared and I can't get up!

NOW SOMEONE GET ME A SHRUBBERY!

LOL,
Lady Babs the Imperious - "Don't you oppress me!"
("I'm not dead yet!")

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OKay I almost fell off my chair on that one Babs

Babette wrote: Hjalp! Hjalp! I've Snarkared and I can't get up!

LMAO! That's great.