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New Studies Indicate Increased COVID-19 Risk For Sleep Apnea Patients
Even as many states have rolled back stay at home orders and restrictions on businesses, COVID-19 continues to be a nefarious presence during 2020.While the virus can be mild for some, others experience significant respiratory complications.Risk factors such as heart disease and diabetes were already known contributors to more severe cases of COVID-19, including a [...]
Read moreDetecting Sleep Apnea is Easier Than Ever With Home Testing
In the past, patients who thought they might have sleep apnea had to schedule an overnight stay at a sleep lab to confirm their diagnosis. The monitoring equipment that would allow doctors to determine the severity of a person’s sleep apnea was simply not available outside the lab.For many, this presented an additional stumbling block [...]
Read moreHaving Trouble Adapting to a CPAP Machine? Here’s What You Can Do
If you’ve been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, few things are more important than using a CPAP or BiPAP machine to help you sleep soundly through the night. By ensuring that you have a steady supply of pressurized air, this equipment prevents the interruptions to breathing that can disrupt your sleep and leave you feeling [...]
Read more5 Tips to Reduce Your Stress Levels & Sleep Better
Stress and sleep apnea have a complex relationship. Studies have found that feeling stressed out or anxious can contribute to a wide variety of sleep disorders, including insomnia and sleep apnea.At the same time, sleep apnea causes interruptions to sleep that keep you from getting a full night’s rest. This leaves you feeling fatigued and [...]
Read moreHow CPAP Therapy Can Help, Even if You Only Have Mild Sleep Apnea
CPAP therapy is widely regarded to be one of the most effective solutions for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, those who only suffer from mild sleep apnea may sometimes feel like a CPAP machine isn’t really needed for their situation. Sometimes, doctors may agree with this assessment as well. Sure, they may feel tired [...]
Read moreWhy You Should Wear a Face Mask — Now More Than Ever
While lockdown restrictions and social distancing measures have been lifted throughout much of the United States, the threat posed by COVID-19 isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, in many parts of the country, it is getting worse.Over the last week, we’ve seen several states continue to set new records for the number of new [...]
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