my wife is on a C-PAP machine and 2 liters of O2 but she still stops breathing,i lisens to breathing ever night don't get much sleep.How is Sleep Apnea treated?
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If she is only using the nasal C-PAP, she needs the FULL mask.  If she IS using the full mask, then her C-PAP machine needs to be adjusted to be more forceful to keep the upper palette of the mouth from blocking the airway.  If this doesn't help, there are minor surgeries that are done on the upper palette that will take care of this problem.  I suggest that she see the doctor that prescribed her C-PAP with these questions.  However, I would get another opinion and another sleep study somewhere else if at all possible because I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea at one hospital, but another hospital told me that I didn't have sleep apnea at all.  I'm still waiting for the results of my last study to tell me what my sleep abnormalities are since they don't think that it's sleep apnea.  Good luck.  I hope this helps.  If not, ask more - I'll be watching just in case.  \nAl
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ask your homecare company to put you on a auto-titrating cpap machine for 2-3 weeks, it will record your optimal cpap pressure and let you know how your mask is fitting and your leak factor,perhaps you need to use a heated humidifer if you are not already, nd maybe you need to try a different interface like a full face mask or nasal pillows. your pressure may not be accurate, you may have restless leg syndrome, although your PSG should have picked this up.\nMy best guess is you have poor sleep hygiene, you should go to bed the same time 7 days a week, exercise daily, proper diet, and use the bedroom only for sleep and intimacy- no reading or tv, computer in bed. Stress in your life can also leed to poor sleep, bruxism or grinding of teeth, an improperly warm sleep environment, poor mattress, sleeping with disruption  , IE dog, sleep partner, children can all result in poor sleep.\nHope this helps.
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I dont know about now, but they used to. I had both my adenoids and tonsils removed in the early 80s for this reason. I breathed heavily, and mostly couldnt breath through my nose at all - only through my mouth. So that was the solution. I still snore though. Not loudly, but I still snore.
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Try the Breathright strips, they usually help. Either that or try sending him to a sleep clinic to see what is causing the snoring.
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at a rate of 91% on room air you need to be started on lo oxygen via nasal canula or non rebreather mask start the flow at 1 or 2 on the delivery dial dont go much higher as the lungs are now responding to the carbon dioxide levels not the oxygen levels. yes it is smart to have an o2 saturation meter
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Hello,\n   I have been a sleep clinician for about 20 years**yipes! and you simply need to see a physician or sleep physician (they are called Diplomats of the ABSM *American Board of Sleep Medicine) as soon as possible to get some treatment. The only Board certification for sleep medicine is Diplomat, ABSM which means they have passed rigorous examinations and training in sleep disorders medicine as well as their other specialty medical boards (Pulmonology, Neurology etc). They will offer you options for treatment that will GREATLY improve your life. Once treated, you will be amazed at the changes you see in your daily life functioning levels. The tiredness goes away, you will lose weight, you will be able to sit in meetings without sleeping but it takes treatment.\n   The longer you have sleep apnea, the more damage it does to how you feel daily. Treatment options vary greatly but NCPAP *Nasal Continuous Positive Airway pressure* is one of the preferred methods for effecting treating sleep apnea. Its a small mask that you wear at night that provides an airway splint with air being pushed through nasal passages. Patients I have treated with it tell me that once they start it their lives are miraculously changed overnight. If that is the treatment your doctor suggests you should wear it every time you sleep (even when napping) and  even take it with you for your occasion business or vacation trips.\nIf you get nasal stuffiness, simply call your physician and ask for a nasal steroid (nasal spray) that will alleviate the problem.  Should you have other options research them carefully before opting for surgery. In many cases, nasal polyps or deviated septum require surgery (but NCPAP) can be used before and after this to assure you continue to feel better. There are some surgeries however, that have very low success rates and create whats called "silent snoring". That means you are still having apnea without all the sounds which can be dangerous as it doesn't alert you to arouse yourself during a period of sleep apnea which would terminate the apnea. Snoring with sleep apnea are alerts to the brain to arouse you to stop the sleep apnea episode. \n  I can reassure you if you get treatment, you WILL feel better. I know this a very difficult time in your life and very hard to deal with daily. You WILL get better with treatment and you WILL have so much improvement you will feel like a miracle has occurred.\n  I have enclosed some links that I hope help you learning about sleep apnea and treatment options.\n\nhttp://www.absm.org/\n\nhttp://www.sleepnet.com/\n\nhttp://www.sleepfoundation.org/\n\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepdisorders.html\n\nhttp://sleepdisorders.about.com/
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I doubt that there is a bad CPAP machine on the market!  Every machine that I personally tried was excellent.  I myself choose was Respironics, it is extremely quite. Some are quite noisy.  As stated earlier, go by the guidance of your technician.  He or She has helped many others, and knows many of the problems that you may face on your headgear.\n\nActually in realility you will face few problems, if you keep the equipment clean and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.  You will get use to the device within a few short months.  I promise you it works!   Its for real.  NOT WITCHCRAFT!\n\nI am 61 years old and it took me this long to realize that I was not really sleeping good!  I feel 20 years younger and have lost all sorts of weight!  Man this is a miracle machine in my life hint ... ask my wife!\n\nGOOD LUCK, GO WITH IT !\n\nAPS
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ASK YOUR WIFE IF YOU SNORE IN YOUR SLEEP. \nSOUNDS LIKE YOUR SUFFERING FROM "SLEEP DEPRIVATION".\nHAVE YOU CONSIDERED TO TALKED WITH A SLEEP DISORDER DR.??? HE WILL HAVE A SLEEP STUDY PERFORMED ON YOU, TO SEE IF YOUR SUFFERING FROM A "SLEEP APNEA".\nIF YOUR A DRIVER IT COULD LEAD TO FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL...VERY DANGEROUS.......  \nMOST INDIVIDUALS DONOT KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM UNTIL THEY NOTICE THEIR OWN ACTIVITY AS YOUR DOING... CHECK WITH A SLEEP DR...A.S.A.P..... :-(....I KNOW THIS PERSONNALLY,\nI'M SUFFURING FROM IT ALSO.....BE BLESSED......;-)
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woah! woah! woah!  "simple hysterectomy"?  Who's your doctor?  Frankenstein?  Have you had a cervical freeze or LEEP procedure yet?  I'm just recovering from cervical cancer myself.  It took one year and three procedures but I just had a normal pap smear.  Please email me and give me more details...I really think I can help you.  My email is murph_ltt@yahoo.com
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- Wake up in cold sweat many times each night\n- Wife complains of "jackhammer snoring" (very loud and jarring)\n- Wife hears me stop breathing, followed by strangled-sounding inhale\n- Never wake up refreshed no matter how long I "sleep"\n- Lots of thrashing arms and legs during sleep\n- Acid reflux\n- Falling asleep during day\n- Symptoms worse (for me) during allergy season\n\nALL of the symptoms went away when I started using a C-PAP machine regularly, even the acid reflux, even during allergy season.
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The only thing that I have ever found to work is the breath right strips. They work really well. When I use to go on vacation with my family I would always share one of the rooms with someone in my family that snored profusly. I suggested that he wear the breath right strip and I never heard a peep out of him.. Good Luck!!!
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You can get an alternate mask for your CPAP that covers your mouth as well as your nose so if your nose is stuffed you'll still get the benefits of CPAP by breathing through your mouth. If the cold is short-term a decongestant nasal spray such as Afrin might help, but ONLY use that sparingly. OTC decongestants also might be of value. If the problem persists, talk to an ENT--you may benefit from a steriod nasal spray such as Flonase, or you may need surgery (to repair a deviated septum, for example, or a turbinectomy). Getting off the Xanax would be a good long-term goal (I know, easy to say...). I'm sure you've explored other options but meditation and mindfulness are two techinques that can sometimes help.
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CPAP is Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine is a device that delivers air at a constant elevated pressure to your airways usually during hours of sleep.It usually uses face masks or nasal prongs to deliver the air.\nThe most usual need for this is for a person who has OSA or obstructive sleep apnea\nHow does it work- well people with sleep apnea particularly the type that results from obesity loose airway muscle tone in deep sleep and this causes the airways to shut down and the oxygen saturaton in the blood to drop dangerously... the CPAP machine allows increased air pressure to be delivered to prevent these episodes.\n\nParameters? The settings are decided by an MD certified in sleep medicine (usually a pulmonologist or a neurologist) during a CPAP titration study.It takes into consideration several issues ...how you tolerate different masks..if you need supplimental Oxygen or not etc.  It is a very specialised field and you should follow recommendations form your sleep MD.
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First of all I am 61 years old I have sleep apnea  and until two years ago I did not get any treatment.  So you are very lucky that you will be receiving treatment at a much younger age because I feel so very much better now .  \n\nI thought I was perfectly A OK until sleep apnea was diagnosed in a most unusual manner.... rather dramatic to me!  See I had a real simple operation in a hospital and was under anesthesia when I simply kinda like stopped breathing like they call DEAD LIKE ... thus was discovered formally the fact that I had central sleep apnea!  They like told my wife this and my tail was in a SLEEP LAB within the month for a overnight session where I stopped breathing 20 times while I was in what is called the REM level of sleep.  There are levels of sleep all the body gets sleep but the brain only sleeps on the last level level six called REM for rapid eye movement because our eyes dart around during this time.\n\nIt works like this when our brain takes a brake and goes into this level our body is on automatic.  It is operated by the lower brain stem.  Now if breathing is blocked of or if it stops the carbon dioxide builds up and the oxygen goes away in the blood in the brain!  This triggers the brain to drop out of REM and signal the lungs to gasp for air!  Now if a person was out on drugs or alcohol the brain could not signal the lungs and the person would simply not ever breath and DIE!  Cause of death sleep apnea!  Sleep apnea does not usually wake up a person.  Usually it just wakes up your brain a little bit and you do not normally realize it ever happened!  Most people just get up in the morning and are tired or have headaches or have to have an afternoon nap!  They do not realize what is wrong,  this is how my was!\n\nYou should look in the phone book for a Sleep Clinic rather than a regular doctor!  Your doctor will only send you to one anyway!  They will in an overnight session find the exact thing that is happening!  There is a fancy name it is called a polysomonograph they measure your breathing, brain pattern, pulse, eye movement, leg movement  and they take a movie of you sleeping. That is who you should contact the doctor connected with one of those clinics.  You can go to them without a referal!\n\n\nEverything will be just fine but you do need to go to a Sleep Study\n\nRelax you will be fine I made it for 59 years but they were miserable compaired to how it could of been!\n\nTry to go to a Clinic Directly Please! \n\n\nAPS
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C-Pap is never easy to adjust to. Check with your doctor and see if you can take a sleep aid like nytol etc. Sometimes the only way to adjust is to be sleeping very soundly. After a time you'll do better. Good luck.
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sounds like sleep apnea\nthe medical condition in which you stop breathing when asleep\ncan be dangerous but is easilly treated
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I hope you have not been waiting for this long. Don't adjust the pressure yourself- do you use for sleep apnea..?\nCall the home health people and tell them to come and sort it out right now.