Sleep apnea issue

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I read about sleep apnea. Do you know how to solve or get rid of the sleep apnea?

Some websites say a special breathing dental aid to let you to breathe better when you sleep. BUT, it says that it causes salvia built up on the plastic device, or causes dry in your throat, or gives you headaches.

Some say that it is never a good idea to take a pill :dunno: .

Losing your weight (diet) would reduce sleep apnea. Is that correct?

I missed somewhere on a website. It says a person who have sleep apnea should sleep on the side so that his/her airway is open that way. Is that true?

(Face up on the bed is where your uvula is a fleshy lobe hanging from the back of the mouth, and this is what it causes apnea. I was thinking of hanging a tongue in the back throat instead of uvula.)

What else do you know about the treatment?
 
webexplorer said:
I read about sleep apnea. Do you know how to solve or get rid of the sleep apnea?

Some websites say a special breathing dental aid to let you to breathe better when you sleep. BUT, it says that it causes salvia built up on the plastic device, or causes dry in your throat, or gives you headaches.

Some say that it is never a good idea to take a pill :dunno: .

Losing your weight (diet) would reduce sleep apnea. Is that correct?

I missed somewhere on a website. It says a person who have sleep apnea should sleep on the side so that his/her airway is open that way. Is that true?

(Face up on the bed is where your uvula is a fleshy lobe hanging from the back of the mouth, and this is what it causes apnea. I was thinking of hanging a tongue in the back throat instead of uvula.)

What else do you know about the treatment?
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Sleep Apnea Treatments
 
I know a friend who is very obese and she has to use CPAP at night to help her breathe.
 
The link Oceanbreeze posted says it all. One thing not listed is a Bipap that can be used too. If it would be better to loose weight if possible, thats alot cheaper than the other routes. I'm on my third Bipap since 1999 and those are expensive. Im sure theres cheaper you could find but from my experience the cheapest ive had was $1500 and the most expensive was $4000. Would need to discuss it with a dr, probably refer you to a pulmonologist or someone that specializes in sleep apnea then the whole sleep study thing too. Good luck.
 
ncff07 said:
The link Oceanbreeze posted says it all. One thing not listed is a Bipap that can be used too. If it would be better to loose weight if possible, thats alot cheaper than the other routes. I'm on my third Bipap since 1999 and those are expensive. Im sure theres cheaper you could find but from my experience the cheapest ive had was $1500 and the most expensive was $4000. Would need to discuss it with a dr, probably refer you to a pulmonologist or someone that specializes in sleep apnea then the whole sleep study thing too. Good luck.
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I didn't know BIPAP was used to treat sleep apnea. Here's info on it incase anyone is interested:

BiPAP/CPAP
 
i didnt know anything about it untill 99 when they put me in the hospital for pnuemonia and ended up in the neuro icu for a couple weeks while they tried to find out why my O2 sat was 54 and CO2 was 114 and ended up saying sleep apnea and gave me a bipap. if i had known then, if they had it then, i would have opted for the implant first but didnt know that there were any other options then.

to the OP you should talk to your dr about it. there are signs to watch out for, sleepy all the time, sometimes i just nodded off and went to sleep unexpectedly no matter what i was doing, and sleepwalking to name a few(used to wake up sitting at the kitchen table in my drawers and not knowing how i got there). and if a bipap or cpap is ordered id go with respironics, ive had 2 of those and they did good for years. using a puritan bennett now and it had to be replaced not long after i got it.
 
my doctor thinks i should attend a sleep study for sleep apnea due to my difficulties breathing at night. (i'm a "mouth breather" due to my year round allergies and adenoids). however, i've never gotten around to it. sometimes there are mornings where i wake up feeling extremely tired and it's like moving mountains to get me out of bed. i don't know what to do about that problem, but who knows? perhaps i'll have the sleep study done sometime. when, i don't know. right now i have other health issues i need to be concerned about.
 
Hear Again said:
my doctor thinks i should attend a sleep study for sleep apnea due to my difficulties breathing at night. (i'm a "mouth breather" due to my year round allergies and adenoids). however, i've never gotten around to it. sometimes there are mornings where i wake up feeling extremely tired and it's like moving mountains to get me out of bed. i don't know what to do about that problem, but who knows? perhaps i'll have the sleep study done sometime. when, i don't know. right now i have other health issues i need to be concerned about.
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You should have the sleep study done. If you get alot of infections, you can also run the problem by your ENT, and see if he thinks removing your adenoids would be beneficial. Good luck!
 
Oceanbreeze said:
You should have the sleep study done. If you get alot of infections, you can also run the problem by your ENT, and see if he thinks removing your adenoids would be beneficial. Good luck!
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ocean,

actually, my dentist wanted me to have my adenoids removed when i was 14, but i chose not to for fear of surgery at the time.

perhaps it's something i'll look into again at a later date in addition to the sleep study.

as far as infections are concerned, i only get one a year, if that. most of the time i don't get sick except once every 2 years. this year was an exception given my URI, but that doesn't happen normally.

if anything is bothersome to me, it's my year round allergies.
 
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