Sleep Apnea Treatment

Question by joelandleelee: What would you like to ask?
Is there any one out there that can give me a little advice please, i feel so confused right now. My daughter was diagnosed with Reflux about 3 weeks ago, she had lots of pain but not very sick,,, she’s now on medication for this and its helped a lot. The problems now is she turns blue and stops breathing it has happened3 times in the last week, it’s so scary watching your child stop breathing, luckily she has always started her self of again, the hospital doctor says its part of reflux but im not convinced. The times this has happened she has been asleep, i was wondering if it could be sleep apnea……

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Answer by purpledragonflyjrh
my friends child has the same problem. they told her she had to take him to a lung dr. cause there could be damage done to her lungs causing problems.

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Question by Pink Ice: Is there any situation that would disqualify you from Bariatric surgery even if you are morbidly obese, have ?
diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholestrol, sleep apnea, asthma and poor bladder control? I have been researching this procedure and it seems you have to jump through hoops to qualify. My Doctor wants me to have it and my insurance covers it.

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Answer by ?
yes pancreas that’s the only one I know

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Question by Horhay: What would I study if I wanted to engineer devices to aid sleep?
I have a lot of sleep issues. Insomnia, severe obstructive sleep apnea and delayed sleep phase syndrome. I’d like to work in the realms of sleep. I’m curious as to what I ought to major in to do this. I’m currently considering biochemistry as the university I’m attending doesn’t have a biomedical engineering undergraduate program.

Anybody with some insight would be much appreciated.
After digging through the academic programs at my university (Northern Arizona University), I found the Bachelors of Science in Biomedical Science. While it’s not an engineering degree, it does seem promising.

I’m reading about the masters programs at various universities, specifically Stanford University. They write in their admissions requirements:
“Students will be expected to enter with a series of core competencies in mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, computing, and engineering.”

However, they don’t explain what they mean by competencies in computing and engineering. Can anybody tell me what they mean by this? It sounds rather cryptic and non-specific.

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Answer by Technobuff
Mechanical (and electrical/ electronic?) engineering, and sleep disorders (medicine).

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Question by jimgreg: i have sevre sleep apnea was on cpap now on bi pap was 3 lpm..added to 5 lpm..if 3 wont gt it up why would 5?
if my throat dont open at 3 lpm it was mean 93% then a drop for 55 min lowest 63% then ?? they said to bump to 5lpm…i just notice i been tired alot in the past week..cant stay asleep..my point is if the throat is closed the how will 5 lpm get it done??? plese anwer were i can understand it all thanks..
settings 18/10 will a bi pap keep you breathing if you had respatry distress..

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Answer by Lori G
They didn’t increase the pressure to keep your throat open, just increased the amount of oxygen you’re getting (from 3liters to 5 liters) This will help get your oxygen levels up (it went down to 63%? …that’s pretty low, good thing they’re checking. Your oxygen levels should be 90% or more in general) The switch from CPAP to BiPAP might also help.

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Question by Warm PK Honey: How would someone correct a sleep disturbance problem?
If someone was tested for sleep apnea and did not have it, but was told they have sleep disturbance, how would that someone fix it or what can they do to get a more restful night of sleep?

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Answer by Caitlyn K
Get Ambien

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