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Health Encyclopedia: Sleep Apnea Treatment

Treatment

Treatment for sleep apnea depends on the severity of the problem. Given data on the long-term complications of sleep apnea, it is important for patients to treat the problem as they would any chronic disease. Simply trying to treat snoring will not treat sleep apnea. Because of its association with heart problems and stroke, sleep apnea that does not respond to lifestyle measures should be treated by a doctor, ideally a sleep disorders specialist.

At this time, the most effective treatme...

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Expert & Community Posts

The Basics of CPAP

By Michael Rack, MD , Health Expert

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the most common treatment for obstructive sleep... Read more »

CPAP Helps Sleep Apnea Sufferers, And Their Spouses Too!

By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

...continuous positive airway pressure, better known as CPAP. What is CPAP and what does it... Read more »

Obstructive sleep apnea: More on CPAP

By Allen Blaivas, M.D. , Health Expert

...continuous positive airway pressure, better known as CPAP. As we mentioned, CPAP, with the air... Read more »

Snoring: Causes and Treatments

By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert

...frequency generator. It shrinks the inner tissues. CPAP. The use of a machine used for treating... Read more »

Treating Sleep Apnea

By David Mendosa , Health Expert

...common and effective treatment for sleep apnea is the CPAP or continuous positive airway... Read more »

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Sleep Apnea: Surgery

...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 »

Headaches: Cluster: Managing Cluster Headaches

...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 »

Sleep Apnea: Risk Factors

...trigger GERD. Some evidence suggests that treating sleep apnea with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may reduce GERD symptoms by nearly 50%. However, obesity is common in both conditions... 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 »

High Blood Pressure: Causes

...their weight. Treating sleep apnea with a device known as nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) may have modest benefits blood pressure as well.CPAP is an airway treatment using slight... Read more »

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