What are the social dangers of sleep apnea syndrome? Sleep apnea syndrome can not only cause harm to the patient’s body, but also is a major social hazard, endangering the lives of others. 1. It affects the normal social work because of the difficulty in concentration, memory loss and personality change. The communication ability with other people is reduced, and the relationship between colleagues and family members is strained. 2.Snoring is a social nuisance. Up to 80 decibels of snoring affects others’ sleep. Married men snoring affects their wives’ rest for a long time. And the symptoms of neurasthenia appear, thus causing the separation of husband and wife, and family break-ups sometimes occur. 3, sleep apnea syndrome patients driving, traffic accidents occurring non-sleep apnea syndrome drivers two times, single driving the rate of traffic accidents occurring higher, up to 13 times. Sleep apnea syndrome patients are in a long-term sleep structure disorder, sleep quality is reduced, sleep can not eliminate fatigue, daytime drowsiness, often in driving, dozing and traffic accidents. 4, sleep apnea syndrome patients engaged in high-altitude work, aviation, aerospace and other work, due to drowsiness, inattention, judgment accuracy is reduced, often resulting in major accidents.