Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Michelle: What is the appropriate treatment for a DVT (blood clot) in lower left leg (calf)?
A little more history: 49 year old female, diabetic, high bp, high cholesterol, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, severe depression, PTSD, bipolar, major anxiety, sleep apnea, and liver disease due to extreme fatty liver. On 16 daily meds for psych and med, plus a 17th optional for nausea as needed, and 18th for stool softener. Her meds: Docqlace, Cytomel, Lexapro, Famotidine, Promethazine, Metoclopramide, Metformin, Trazodone, Hydroxyzine HCL, Cymbalta, Glimepiride, Levothyroxine Sod, Protonix, Lisinipril, Benztropine, Tricor, and Clozapine. Of those, 7 had warnings about anticoagulants, 4 of which were serious interactions, and 2 other meds have a rare side effect of causing clots (research on WebMD). This person went to ER twice in 10 hours (sent home both times, told not to worry, talke Ibuprofen)then to her personal doc not even 2 days later, he put her on home injection blood thinners. She died the next night, clot broke loose, split, and traveled to both lungs.

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Answer by Chakooch
she died from pulmonary embolism
its one of the complications of DVT … as the clots may travel through the viens of the lower extrimities and get in to the lungs either as massive emolism or showering embolies …

well … the effect of the drug interaction in a patient with long term uncontroled Diabetis , Hypertenssio , hypothyroidism in addition to psychological stress and depreesion … and i suppose immobilisation … the risk becomes morbidly high …

the appropriate treatment of DVT and preventing the pulmonary embolsm is by
blod thinners pills or injections
mobilisation is so very important
Good Control of pre-excisting diseases
avoiding drug interaction
but never can obtain a 0% of risk or 100% of prevention.

and for such cases it is done in a special care units

my kindest regards and deepest sympathy

Havoc

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Question by Mr. Pickle: Do you know anyone who uses a machine at night for sleep apnea called a c-pap or bi-pap machine ?

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Answer by angelcat
Yes. I have sleep apnea and use the cpap machine. Have been using it for almost 10 years now.

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Question by mande: SLEEP APNEA – Anyone here use the Dental Appliance?
I’m wondering if anyone here has used one of these, and if it worked for you?
Or if you’re a dentist, and you know how these work?

(I’m not interested in any answers about anything other than the dental appliance. I know all about CPAP machines.)

OK, well if you know about the surgeries, I’d be interested in that.

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Answer by Donnie
my cpap i know about… your dental part, haven’t heard of.

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Question by Shanay R: I HAVE SLEEP APNEA AND I CAN’T SLEEP WITH THE C-PAP MACHINE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

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Answer by K.C.
Go back to your dr….?

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Question by Shannon J: IS it Genetic?
Lately I have been having sever anxieties that my son will die of SIDS. I know it is a worry for almost every if not every mother out there. But the reason I am losing sleep over it is that my husband (my sons father) has sleep apnea and he also had a brother who died of SIDS. My son (Tylor) was my 5th pregnancy and is now my only child. I had numerous m/c’s and the only other person in my family with the same problem not only had many m/c’s but also a few stillbirths. So you can probably imagine my anxieties going into labor. I’ve read that SIDS is genetic and that it is not. So I guess my question is does anyone know if sleep apnea is genetic? And also is SIDS genetic? Thank You
Also I do take all of the precautions that all of the books and doctors say. Like keeping him on his back during sleep, no toys/stuffed animals in his crib, I tried the pacifier but he doesn’t like pacifiers lol, but I did smoke during my pregnancy (I cut down a lot and went to a much lighter cigarette but after 4 months my doc said not to quit cold turkey cause he would already be addicted and that could cause problems) but now NO ONE smokes around Tylo, I see to that. We all smoke outside and when we go out we are in non smoking or go to a none smoking resturant.

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Answer by pcs1s_wifey
Im not really sure about the answer to your question but for peace of mind maybe you should invest in one of those special baby monitors that goes under the crib mattress and will set an alarm if baby stops breathing. Here is the link to one:

http://www.mypreciouskid.com/baby-monitor-angelcare.html

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