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Does anyone have experience with REM specific sleep apnea turning into complex sleep apnea? If so, what treatment worked?
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New here to this Commnity, but not WEBMD. I have Central Sleep Apnea as well as Obstructive Sleep Apnea. I use a CPAP unit with a little success. I am only able to obtain from 5-5 1/2 hours of sleep waking usually with chest and gasping for air. My Liters...
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I hope you'll keep us updated on how things go for you re the surgery and beyond. .
Hi Dibbits,
I'm glad you found your way here and hope that others will have some thoughts for you .
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I've been told that a diagnosis of sleep apnea is a guaranteed 50% disability rating. Anyone know if this is true or not?
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Just because you snore doesn't mean you have sleep apnea - there's a lot....
No disrespect, sleep apnea is sort of the "disease du jour," and requires solid documentation (sleep studies, etc.) to qualify for disability.
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Service dog for sleep apnea
Today on John Heald's blog, someone asked a question about bringing her Maltese on board. She said he is a service dog for her sleep apnea.
I'm not trying to start a fire here, but I'm genuinely curious. I have been a respiratory...
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I've never heard of a service dog for this and wonder how one could possibly ... .
I'm not trying to start a fire with hundreds of people who have sleep apnea.
She said he is a service dog for her sleep apnea.
Maltese on board.
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Better solution for sleep apnea other than CPAP machine?
I have tried several times to use the machine and the hose and the noise and everything about it seems to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products that actually worked...
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And everything about it seems to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products to keep me up more than the sleep apnea! Has anyone tried other products that actually worked? Would sleep apnea....
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John p April 28, 2010 at 5:38 158 2 I have sleep apnea four 5 years now since diagnosed. It is a pain to have to sleep with the cpap machine. My wife says i sound like def vader on star wars.I wonder is there a surgery to cure this illness.
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The American Sleep Apnea Association says, "The intention surgery does not cure sleep....
Http problems that might be causing Sleep Apnea.
Have you tried sleep apnea mouth guard? It is more popular than cpap.
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Hi all,
Been away from here for a long time! Haven't been using my machine at all for a long time. Big sinus issues, and other troubles (it's complicated....really complicated!)
Anyway...Because of side affects from Paxil that just were a "no-no" (to ...
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Drugs cause such sedation down to approx 15 mg and... .
On the dangers of general anaesthetic during surgery and how if you have sleep apnea you must tell if you have sleep apnea you must tell the anaesthetist because the anaest.
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Who was it that had a problem with the doctors tv show before?
On a recent episode, I guess they were telling people that they should have sex before sleeping if they have sleep apnea
Started by darkmarkshark on
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You reduce partial seizures in patients....
I was diagnosed as having Sleep Apnea about a year ago and the doctors tried to force all of the apnea, which sounds good if getting to sleep, in the first place, was not a big part of it.
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Sleep Apnea - Anyone Been Tested For This? The more you know about this process, the more crude and crass jokes you can come up with. Just wondering if anyone wears "the mask?"
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I was in terrible) Al Gore's Internet invention....
Albert Einstein Re: Sleep Apnea - Anyone Been Tested For This? I do.
Was terribly it is stupid.
Wore the mask.
Mostly needed to lose weight.
Was diagnosed with sleep apnea.
I have.
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The New York Times
Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR | May 20, 2012, 5:01 PM
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/2 ... ncer-risk/
People with moderate apnea were found to die of cancer at a rate double that of people without...
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With CPAP than it was during your sleep study? My gut says that they are probalby in the same range saturation--- is it better with CPAP than it was during your sleep study? My gut says is similar to the effect of untreated apnea....
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