Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by Henry W: I have been on a CPAP machine now for 11 weeks for my severe sleep apnea….?
my blood pressure is down and my headaches are down but I still have:

1. mental fatigue

will this get better in time……..???

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Answer by catiators
Potentially. Mental fatigue is often caused by lack of class IV sleep. You don’t heal well without the deepest stage of sleep. So if you are able to progress into the deeper stages of sleep with the cpap, you will get better. If something else is causing your mental fatigue, you may need to consider other avenues of treatment.

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Question by JC: My son will be three in April, he has always been small for his age, he is now 25 pounds.?
We took him to a GI doctor who said he looks healthy but is small and gave us some tips. He also referred us to ENT doctors. When we took him to ENT they xrayed him and said his adenoids were very large. He snores, gasps and wakes up in his sleep. They diagnosed him with sleep apnea. They also said he was not gaining weight because he basically cannot taste his food and he should have increased appetite and gain weight after the procedure. Has any ones child eaten better since have just their adenoids out? He had them out Friday(three days ago) and did wonderful, but he still hardly eats.

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Answer by pelican
It is a little too soon yet to see much difference in his eating. It will take a little while. He is still recovering from he surgery. Make sure that you have high calorie foods available for him – full fat milk and yogurt, make smoothies for him – kids usually love those. Give it a little time, and if he still does not eat check back with the doctor again for more advice.

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Question by J Garrison: I’ve been diagnosed with sleep hypoxia (not apnea). Do I need a CPAP machine?
He specifically said I had hypoxia, not apnea. I understand that a CPAP machine helps to keep airways open. My problem specifically is I breathe extremely shallow at night and my blood oxygen levels drop. I fail to see how a CPAP machine will help me with my problem since being able to breathe isn’t the problem, but how deep I draw my breath. Can anyone educate me on how a CPAP machine will help me with sleep hypoxia? I don’t have much faith in my doctor as he seems disinterested in me, putting his head in his hands, looking at my shoes while sitting in a chair and leaning up against a desk.

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Answer by ♥ Crys ♥
If there is no apnea then no, you’d just need oxygen while you sleep BUT did you have a sleep study or did you just wear a pulse ox overnight? The Sleep Study will say yes there are or no there aren’t apneas. The pulse ox will say if there is hypoxia. Before most insurances will even cover a CPAP you’d have to be diagnosed with sleep apnea and have a sleep study. If you want more info feel free to email me, let me know what exactly they did to diagnose you etc and I’ll try to guide you right

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Question by Rvn: Who has been to a sleep clinic and exactly what goes on there?
My husband thinks I have sleep apnea. I probably do, but I am very reluctant to pursue it medically. I don’t want to go to a sleep clinic. I don’t think I could fall asleep with someone watching me or if I were hooked up to things. Also, if I did have sleep apnea, there’s no way I would wear one of those face masks anyways, because I wouldn’t be able to sleep, so it would seem like a waste of time and money just to find out I have it and refuse to do anything for it. Maybe if I knew exactly what would go on there, I wouldn’t be so against going. I guess I’d want to know how horrible the CPAP masks are, too. I sleep on my stomach. Any other way and I can’t really sleep either, so I don’t see how this is all going to work out.

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Answer by helper
yes, they hook you up to electrodes, to monitor brain waves, to see what stage of sleep you are in, and yes at times people monitor you.

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Question by Lara Bautista: Can someone with sleep apnea that has been using a bipap/cpap..?
Sleep one night without it? What are the concequences?
its not VERY severe, I only sleep with it at night and during the day i’m fine, in car rides and stuff I can take a nap without it, sometimes i get a little headache but im fine. i’m 18yrs old, and a light sleeper.

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Answer by Dave
That depends on the severity of your sleep apnea and what type it is. You should check with your doctor or pulmonolgist about doing w/o it even for one might.
God bless.

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