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Q&A: What do these symptoms mean?

Alan — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:42:12 +0000

Question by : What do these symptoms mean?
For the past 3 months I have been off and on sick, usually around the same time of month, but not during my period. The symptoms are nausea, fatigue, diarrhea, low grade fever, chills, headache, bodyaches, joint ache, congestion, chest pain, and sometimes a racing or pounding heart. I do have anxiety, but during these occurrences I don’t feel anxious until the third or fourth day. The first month I was diagnosed with a virus, the second month I had a uti. I haven’t gone to the doctor yet because I can’t afford it due to no insurance and no job. I have looked up the symptoms on webmd but none of the causes explain all my symptoms. I was thinking sleep apnea because it usually occurs in the morning and disipates throughout the day. I am not pregnant. Any ideas?

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…your going to die…im sorry..

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What does it mean if 40 y.o. wife asks for sex and uses child-like words?

Alan — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:40:59 +0000

Question by Justin Foundout: What does it mean if 40 y.o. wife asks for sex and uses child-like words?
My wife doesn’t really speak in an adult manner about having sex when she wants it or when we are both know it’s going to happen. She says “you want to ….do…..’It’?” She never says the name or word for either of our genitalia. In her twenties she used to call her vagina her “mookie” and my penis “Mr. Bo Bo” and child-like terms like that. She whispers about having sex in those terms even if we are home alone like it is a shameful thing that we must hide. My wife does have arrested development and has borderline personality disorder. I am wondering if she has be sexually abused. She climaxes regularly, she doesnt kiss during sex though. She has a negative body image, she wakes up and has dreams that are very real and she usually wakes and searches around the room for something in her dream. Sometimes he makes like a goose “gasping” sound but she is expelling air like trying to hock up a loogie of spit and clear her throat. She might on lesser occaisions wake with a gasp of air like she woke from a bad dream. She does this all pretty often. She was very promiscuous in high school and has low self esteem and self-loathes and even is a cutter. I am her husband of 22 years, What do yu make of this, it’s not sleep apnea, Could it be childhood sexual abuse should she tell me, her husband ever? I just care about her and want to understand her. I feel like I don’t even remotely know her due to her personality disorder. She has cheated on me many times and lies and likes celebrity gossip books as a fantasy escape and never reads on her personality disorder though she goes to a therapist.once every two weeks. I feel like giving up because she won’t share anything with me. She doesnt speak in much detail of her childhood.
I am her husband of 22 years..that means married for 22 years (I can’t believe I had to explain that). Cheating and relationship self-sabotage is part of the disorder. The feel shame when they cheat and cut themselves and try to commit suicide. It is a shame-based disorder. I am leaving her because i feel that i do not know her at all, mainly because she does not share life events like sexual abuse with me after this much time together.
I just found out about the serial cheating and BPD and we have kids. I am leaving her ASAP. I am trying to let the kids finish the school year, I had no clue she cheated like she has, they are cunning at covering tracks as you will read. We have a financial issue to resolve within the month. I am unemployed in a highly unemployed area just before and since i found all this BPD and cheating stuff out. I just feel like I never knew her. On my way out, I wonder what abuse a person must have been through to have made her this dysfunctional. She started cheated after our second child. Motherhood is a trigger for them. She was the second child. She started cutting during the pregnancy then. She started cheating two years later. She is a Waif BPD case and is submissive and hid it well. She had the most sweet facade/mask. She was misdiagnosed for the last decade as “depressed”.

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haah well i think girls do that sometimes cuz there embarrised
but the disorder part freaked me out
and um u shud leave her if she cheats..infidelity = bye bye

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I HAVE A BI-PAP MACHINE FOR SLEEP APNEA. IT STARTED FLASHING ES1. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Alan — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:47:36 +0000

Question by little big boots: I HAVE A BI-PAP MACHINE FOR SLEEP APNEA. IT STARTED FLASHING ES1. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
IT WOKE ME UP DURING THE night with a low beeping.

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Answer by bruedwards
Ask the person who prescribed the machine!!!!

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I have been dagnosed with sever sleep apnea, what does it mean? how can i deal with it?

Alan — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:57:06 +0000

Question by Afar A: I have been dagnosed with sever sleep apnea, what does it mean? how can i deal with it?
Apnea 256
central 2
hypopnea 50
total apenea/hypopnea time 2:16:05
apenea/hypopnea time per hour 20:19
longest apnea 1 min 34 sec. total=1: 35:31
longest hypopnea 1 min 30 sec, total=1:43:43
snoring index 252/ hour
snoring index obstructive 49per hour
total snoring time 4:43:41
Apnea index 38(36)
hypopnoa index 7(7)
AHI 45(43)
I am 36. weight 73kg height 163cm.
have been diagnosed for high blood presure and am taking BisoHexal (Bisoprolol 5mg + HCT 12.5mg)

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Sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by a reduction or pause of breathing (airflow) during sleep. It is common among adults but rare among children. Although a diagnosis of sleep apnea often will be suspected on the basis of a person’s medical history, there are several tests that can be used to confirm the diagnosis

An apnea is a period of time during which breathing stops or is markedly reduced. In simplified terms, an apnea occurs when a person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more. Apneas usually occur during sleep. When an apnea occurs, sleep usually is disrupted due to inadequate breathing and poor oxygen levels in the blood.

In order to prevent the obstruction of the airway, which is the most common cause of sleep apnea, there is one treatment that is the best option. To keep the upper airway open, it is often necessary to support it with a constant flow of air delivered through a face mask worn while sleeping. This most common treatment is called Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or CPAP.

Although CPAP therapy is clearly the best option in moderate to severe sleep apnea, some individuals cannot tolerate it. In this case, other treatment options might be pursued, including:

•Weight loss
•Surgery to remove excess tissue in the throat
•Positional sleep aids (such as “sleep shirts” or wedges)
•Dental devices to move the lower jaw forward
•Oxygen support (which is not usually sufficient alone•Weight loss
•Surgery to remove excess tissue in the throat
•Positional sleep aids (such as “sleep shirts” or wedges)
•Dental devices to move the lower jaw forward
•Oxygen support (which is not usually sufficient alone

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What does the number of incidents mean for a sleep study? Sleep apnea?

Alan — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:08:53 +0000

I have been having repreated tonsil infections, and my uvula sticks to my tonsils or my tongue. I have difficulty swallowing at times. My doctor had me take home something to see if I had any incidents at night while sleeping where I stopped breathing, because I have started snoring. The thing I brought home said I had 71 incidents, but I haven’t heard anything back from the doctors office, is that I high number or normal?
I could lose some weight, my blood pressure is usually in the 70’s for the bottom number and I smoke occasionally

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Does having a large neck always mean you have sleep apnea?

Alan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:45:44 +0000

One doctor told someone I know that if the neck is over 17 inches then you have sleep apnea.

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Does having a large neck always mean you have sleep apnea?

Alan — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:45:44 +0000

One doctor told someone I know that if the neck is over 17 inches then you have sleep apnea.

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What Does It Mean If Its Hard To Sleep At Night And I Cant Get Up In The Mornings?

Alan — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:41:39 +0000

an alarm clock wont even wake me up. and ive been missing a lot of school because of it. could it be a sleep disorder?

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Can Someone Please Tell Me What These Sleep Study Results Mean?

Alan — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:17:52 +0000

Ok. Long story, I had a sleep study in November of Last year in which my doctor never talked to me about it. Well anyways I have the paperwork here with me and I have Mild Sleep Apnea, and it say’s possibly hypoxemia. Let me tell u what my results say on my oxygen saturation:
Initial oxygen saturation was 98% with the lowest saturation reached being 70%. The mean oxygen saturation during sleep study was 89.5%. During 38% study of the study, her oxygen saturation was greater than 90%, during 60.8% of the study her oxygen saturation varied between 80-89%, and during 1.2% of the study her oxygen saturation varied between 70-79%. Her sleep efficiency was severely reduced to 63.1% with a decrease in the amount of REM sleep to 11% of total sleep and no deep sleep was noted. Her sleep onset latency was prolonged to 127 minutes and her REM onset latency was prolonged to 210 minutes. Ambien 10 mg was taken. Her combined apneic and partial apneic index was very mildly elevated at 5.7 with an apneic index of 2.0 and partial index of 5.5 .The vast majority of the esisodes were obstructive in type with the longest partial apneic episode being 16 seconds and the mean length being 11 seconds. The total study time was 6.5 hours and the total sleep was 4 hours. No arrhythmias are noted, no periodic limb movements are present, and snoring was moderately loud, intermittent and present.
His impression is Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and Hypoxemia
His recommendation for my doctor is this: (my doctor has never talked to me about this or done anything about it): I recommend supplemental oxygen for sleep at a flow rate of 2 liters per nasal cannula. I would recommend an overnight oximetry on supplemntal oxygen in two to three weeks and hopefully note normalization of her oxygen saturation. I also recommend weight loss of 25 pounds. Lastly I recommend an otolaryngology evaluation as in a 30 year old patient a possible surgical approach would be indicated. I will obtaining the home equipment and followup care to dr. phillips. I am not sure why her oxygen saturation remains low other than being overweight, but if appropriate, a cardiac and pulmonary evaluation would be in order.
Note by me the patient: I am having trouble breathing all the time and can’t sleep even on sleeping pills because I can’t breathe even worse when I lay down. Please let me know why my doctor hasn’t gotten in contact with me about these results. His nurses told me I’m fine, but I’m not so sure, This was the stupid nurse who doesn’t care about anyone.

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