Most of you would never think of hitting the wheel after a few drinks. You wouldn’t give a second thought to honking and shaking your fist to anyone speeding or looking down at their phones. But would you keep yourself from driving for being a bit too drowsy? When you’re just tired enough, and in […]
If you don’t want to be “a burden to your children” and not recognise them, your spouse or friends, don’t allow CPAP to prevent you from getting tested. Oral Appliance Therapy works and is tolerable (unlike CPAP) for the overwhelming majority of patients, in the right practitioners hands! Click here to learn more.
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If you’re depressed and snore most nights, quit taking pills and get a sleep study to rule out obstructive sleep apnea!
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The treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea is, pardon the pun…a growth business!
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Routine snoring is the #1 sign of obstructive sleep apnea and will only increase with the passage of time. You can’t keep doing what you’ve been doing, expecting a different result! Click here to learn more.
These two authors successfully adapted to the CPAP machine, unlike 50% to 80% of the population and good for them! However, it’s too bad they didn’t research and provide more information on the #1 alternative recommended treatment to CPAP, oral appliance therapy, other than just mentioning it in their article. Kudos to them explaining the hassles and hidden costs of acquiring a CPAP though. I suspect they will be writing an article on oral appliance therapy at sometime in the future when they tire of using the CPAP everywhere/everytime they sleep.
The gadgets are good at letting you know something isn’t right about your sleep, but that’s it! The gadgets are saying “go to the Sleep Doctor” to get the answers!
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Almost half of all patients with diabetes also have obstructive sleep apnea!
So the next question would be the age old “Chicken or the Egg” question.
Family members of a majority of my patients expressed their concerns about their loved ones snoring, holding their breath and gasping for air. If patients could only hear the noises they make when trying to sleep, they would be scared as well. Too bad it took a stroke for this woman to start listening to her loved ones and see a sleep medicine specialist!
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Close to 80% of patients complaining of insomnia have been found to be suffering from undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea. So….it all makes sense when you realize heart attack & stroke are also co morbid conditions of untreated obstructive sleep apnea.
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