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Detecting 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 more4 Tricks to Reduce Sleep Apnea Severity
Few things can be more disruptive to your sleep than obstructive sleep apnea. Worst of all, many individuals suffering from sleep apnea don’t even realize they have a problem! They wake up feeling tired and groggy in the morning, but think they slept soundly through the night.During obstructive sleep apnea, your breathing passages close off, [...]
Read more4 Serious Medical Conditions That Are Closely Linked to Sleep Apnea
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered normal routines for millions of people in the United States, and CPAP users are no exception. In fact, individuals who suffer from sleep apnea should be even more diligent when it comes to social distancing and other measures meant to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.This is because [...]
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