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Sleep Apnea Treatments - When Should
You Talk to Your Doctor About Them?
Or do you simply want to stop snoring and would welcome
some type of snoring treatment that provided relief?
Sick of hearing complaints about your snoring, huh?
There are many potential causes of snoring. Knowing which one is causing yours can help you pick the right snoring treatment. Since the goal is to get you to stop snoring.
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Yet even though snoring is a prime indicator, just because you snore doesn't mean you suffer from sleep apnea. Yet it's estimated that at least 10 million people in this country have undiagnosed sleep apnea. Which means they aren't getting proper sleep apnea treatment - which can be life threatening actually. To start to see if you might be one of them take this short quiz. During the day do you suddenly become overcome by sleep. Or do you doze off unexpectedly or unintentionally? |
Has the person you share a bed with mentioned they've noticed you stop breathing any time you're asleep? Or that you appear to be gasping for breath when sleeping?
Do you wake up feeling tired?
Do you wake up with a headache?
Is concentration a problem during the day?
Listen up. If you answered yes to any of those it warrants further testing by a bona fide sleep clinic. To see if you should be getting apnea treatment. As sleep apnea is a relatively serious condition so treating apnea is not something to be taken lightly. Since it can lead to insufficient oxygen avaiable to your body that's caused by all the breathing interruptions. Some of which can last up to 10 seconds. See what I mean?
Some have found relief through the use of a CPAP machine. "CPAP" standing for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure which is what such devices deliver. This has been found to be the most effective way to keep your upper airway open. Making it the preferred treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
Those using a CPAP machine will wear a CPCP mask to bed. Or what have been snidely described as a hockey mask. It's important to know there are a variety of such CPAP masks available. So if you are having problems sleeping with one type you will want to try another. We'll get into some of the issues with these apnea masks as well as give you some solutions.
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