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Treating Sleep Apnea

By Florence Cardinal Health Expert

Sleep apnea is a disorder that causes the cessation of breathing many times during the night. That is, someone suffering from sleep apnea will periodically gasp or momentarily stop breathing during the night. This, in turn, causes sleep deprivation and puts a strain on the entire body. Sleep apnea can lead to heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, sexual dysfunction, severe depression and falling asleep at work or while driving.

 

So far, the only methods of treatment have been CPAP and s...

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Sleep Apnea: Diagnosis
...identifying patients with unsuspected and seriously low oxygen levels.Unattended Monitoring with Auto-CPAP. This method is a recent and simple method for detecting impaired breathing. It uses an... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Treatment
...during the night. There are a number of such devices available.Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure (CPAP)The best treatment for severe obstructive and mixed sleep apnea is a system known as... Read more »
Sleep Apnea: Highlights
...also suffer from sleep apnea. Another 2005 NEJM study found that continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment does not improve survival for patients with heart failure and central sleep... Read more »
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...the tonsils. Results are poor if the problems involve other areas or the full palate. In such cases, CPAP is superior. In one study, sleeping on the side (rather than the back) after surgery... Read more »
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...treatment for the apnea as possible therapy for cluster headaches.Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the standard treatment for sleep apnea. In some studies, patients with both cluster... Read more »

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