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| events and arousals | 11/21/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed couple years ago with osa. I had my cpap with pressure of 9. I recently went on ...
A: James: I applaud your attention to your OSAS. But please note that a pulse oximeter is a simple ...
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| Stop breathing at night | 9/30/2009 |
Q: I was just diagnosed with sleep apnea today just got my results from my sleep study. last night i ...
A: About the only advice I can give you in order to minimize the effects of sleep apnea until you get ...
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| Apena in women | 9/5/2009 |
Q: I have had trouble sleeping for many years (I fall asleep fine, but wake frequently and cannot go ...
A: Marie: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! My advice to you is to check out your local sleep ...
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| treatment | 8/4/2009 |
Q: Just wanted to ask if you have heard of anyone that has tried 5htp for apnea? I have read it can ...
A: 5-HTP is considered experimental at best. Although the logic behind the hypothesis that it is ...
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| MMA | 6/12/2009 |
Q: I live in NYC and have been diagnosed with severe obstructive sleep apnea. My sleep doctor and my ...
A: Dylan: I am sorry I do not know any ENT surgeons IN NY but have you already tried CPAP therapy? I ...
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| re Bilevel Readng | 5/19/2009 |
Q: I've had sleep apnea since 2001 form a CPAP to now a bi-level machine and is now at 25 in and 22 ...
A: Lise: My advice to you is to have a repeat CPAP titration. The BiPAP numbers you provided appear ...
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| Surgery for OSA | 5/15/2009 |
Q: Lately, I have been feeling very sleepy during the day and wake up with headaches and feeling tired. ...
A: Jesse: Thanks for getting back to me. At 5'9" and 162 your BMI is well below 30, so weight would ...
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| Surgery for OSA | 5/15/2009 |
Q: Lately, I have been feeling very sleepy during the day and wake up with headaches and feeling tired. ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Before you begin moving toward invasive and irreversible ...
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| sleep apnea in the non-overweight | 4/16/2009 |
Q: I'm a 25-year-old woman who has recently been diagnosed with mild OSA (but moderate category in REM, ...
A: Carla: Please forgive me for not responding sooner. I was alerted from the AllExperts webmaster ...
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| Sleep Apnea diagnosis | 4/15/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed with sleep apnea a couple of years ago after my doctor suspected my high blood ...
A: Debbie: I'd like to help you if I can, but I will need more details of the sleep study results ...
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| Feel apnea not as severe as study shows | 4/9/2009 |
Q: I was diagnosed with sleep apnea over 10 years ago. Used a CPAP for couple years. Was always ...
A: I would not say the results are wrong but there might be some question as to the appropriate amount ...
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| possible sleep apnea? | 4/6/2009 |
Q: My boyfriend has complained about waking up in the middle of the night gasping for air, knowing he ...
A: Courtney: I'm not is a position to offer diagnosis but the best advice I can give at this time is ...
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| long uvula | 3/14/2009 |
Q: please advice me on how to go with a long uvula. Half of my uvula was cut when I was like five years ...
A: Gladys: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! My advice to you is to have your son looked at by an ...
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| new to this | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I just had a sleep study at SLEEP HEALERS, in Plano, Tx. I am 57 weight 179 and have a special needs ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! If your apnea/hypopnea index (AHI) is 43 (and accompanied by ...
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| Help...I am told I have severe Sleep Apnea | 2/14/2009 |
Q: Walsh, I am a 46 year old male and by all indications am overweight. I am 5'10" and weigh 225lbs. ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! The numbers you give for the results of your sleep study are ...
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| Sleep study: total sleep time | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I had a study done and was told I must have a CPAP test as I had severe obstructive sleep apnea ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Yes, you may have been sleeping in spurts as you describe. We ...
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| How bad are the numbers | 1/12/2009 |
Q: I was just told today that I have sleep apnea. I am a 55 year old male who works everyday and ...
A: Danny: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! The number your doc is referring to is what we call the ...
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| Defective machine? | 12/10/2008 |
Q: My symptoms of sleep apnea were so definite that my Doctor and I decided to go ahead and buy a ...
A: Earl: The PA has shed some light on the subject for me and I hope you will extend my thanks to her. ...
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| Defective machine? | 12/10/2008 |
Q: My symptoms of sleep apnea were so definite that my Doctor and I decided to go ahead and buy a ...
A: Earl: In summary: 1) you have had a sleep study that showed you have OSAS, 2) you've been on ...
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| sleep study | 12/3/2008 |
Q: if you were considering a sleep study would you recomend going to a sleep center or doing the at ...
A: Jim: There are limitations to the unattended in-home sleep study in that it concentrates on sleep ...
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| cpap and periodic limb movement disorder | 11/24/2008 |
Q: Ihave plmd or nocturnal myoclonus,and was sent to a sleep study and they said i needed a cpap ...
A: James: I know of no evidence that shows CPAP therapy successfully treats primary PLMD, NM or RLS ...
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| Sleep Apnea | 11/24/2008 |
Q: My husband is 33 years old and is chronically tired. He had a sleep apnea test done a few years ago ...
A: Kristy: Thanks for stopping by AllExperts.Com! I feel for you and hope your situation turns around ...
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| Mixed sleep apnea | 11/24/2008 |
Q: I have mixed sleep apnea and am being treated with a CPAP at 13, but still am tired. They have ...
A: Corey: Thanks for stopping by AllExperts.Com! Increasing a CPAP pressure level without data to ...
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| diagnosed but no explanation-Ont.,Canada | 11/14/2008 |
Q: A few months ago I was in the hospital with a strange virus. While in E.R. care , they noted that ...
A: Linda: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! :) You appear to have two main questions in your post ...
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| OSA without snoring? | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I am a 22 year old male, 6' 160lbs and I was just recently diagnosed with OSA. The thing I find ...
A: Jordan: Thanks for clarifying. If the sleep study had shown significant CSA, it is safe to assume ...
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| OSA without snoring? | 11/6/2008 |
Q: I am a 22 year old male, 6' 160lbs and I was just recently diagnosed with OSA. The thing I find ...
A: When you say you were "recently diagnosed with OSA" may I assume you had a sleep study, the results ...
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| Defective machine? | 10/11/2008 |
Q: My symptoms of sleep apnea were so definite that my Doctor and I decided to go ahead and buy a ...
A: Earl: Let me preface by saying my comments are based on whatever info you have provided to date and ...
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| POST NASAL DRIP AND SLEEP APNEA | 10/7/2008 |
Q: I SUFFER SLEEP APNEA AND USE THE CPAP MACHINE SINCE 2 YEARS. LATELY I AM FEELING THIS UNCOMFORTABLE ...
A: Ercilia: I had this same problem a while back and found that after I soaked my CPAP hose and ...
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| Central Sleep Apnea | 10/3/2008 |
Q: Can obstructive sleep apnea be mistaken for central sleep apnea? I recently went through a sleep ...
A: Lisa: Methinks you have been exposed to info overload regarding your sleep study results! Long ...
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| oxygen levels | 10/3/2008 |
Q: I had another question related to oxygen sat levels. Is it normal for sat to decrease a little when ...
A: James: Yes, it is normal for SPO2 to fluctuate with body position, metabolic rate changes, etc. ...
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| Tired through the day | 9/30/2008 |
Q: I'm female 24 and I get really tired through the day. I fall asleep quite easy but usually wake up ...
A: Nicola: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! It would appear on the surface that you might have ...
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| Waking up suddenly with choking sensation | 9/2/2008 |
Q: I have had a few episodes where I will wake up out of a deep sleep choking. I can't seem to inhale ...
A: Misha: The best advice I can offer, given the info you provided, is that you consider making an ...
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| Sleep apnea concerns | 8/26/2008 |
Q: So good of you to share your time & knowledge on allexperts. My doctor suspects I have sleep apnea ...
A: Ron: It is very important that you make clear to the anesthetist that although you have not been ...
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| Defective machine? | 8/23/2008 |
Q: My symptoms of sleep apnea were so definite that my Doctor and I decided to go ahead and buy a ...
A: Earl: My hunch is that the machine is probably working as it should but that an auto-set system is ...
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| Defective machine? | 8/22/2008 |
Q: My symptoms of sleep apnea were so definite that my Doctor and I decided to go ahead and buy a ...
A: Let me see if I understand this correctly: your physician prescribed CPAP therapy without a ...
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| cpap vs bipap in nmd | 6/28/2008 |
Q: I have written before about having hypoventilation at night due to an underlying mitochondrial ...
A: Linda: Well, at least you are being given a choice. As for me, I consider CPAP and BiPAP to be ...
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| cpap vs bipap in nmd | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I have written before about having hypoventilation at night due to an underlying mitochondrial ...
A: Linda: No, I don't think you are making too much of this issue. In fact I applaud your enthusiasm ...
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| O2 questions | 6/14/2008 |
Q: What does O2 nadir means in a sleep study and what are the normal values? Also, what are oxygen ...
A: The SPO2 nadir is just a fancy word for the lowest SPO2 (oxygen saturation of the blood as measured ...
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| Sleep Apnea Study | 6/13/2008 |
Q: A few months back I had a sleep study done because the insurance company stated I needed it for jaw ...
A: Karen: The respiratory summary points to essentially unremarkable results regarding sleep apnea. ...
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| Sleep Apnea Study | 6/13/2008 |
Q: A few months back I had a sleep study done because the insurance company stated I needed it for jaw ...
A: Karen: Thanks for the further details. And as is the case with most sleep lab reports, this type ...
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| Sleep Apnea Study | 6/12/2008 |
Q: A few months back I had a sleep study done because the insurance company stated I needed it for jaw ...
A: Karen: I'm a bit confused. You first say the sleep study report came back "normal" but then you ...
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| Leak compensation | 6/10/2008 |
Q: What does it mean when a PAP machine says it has "leak compensation"? Thanks, Roberto
A: Roberto: Simply put, if there are any small leaks detected by the flow sensor in the machine it ...
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| BiPAP compliance | 6/9/2008 |
Q: What recommendations can you give me regarding BiPAP compliance? I am having a very hard time ...
A: Roberto: The best advice I can give you is to check out when and where your local AWAKE support ...
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| hypoventilation | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I am 43 yrs old with a dx of mitochondrial myopathy with proximal and respiratory muscle weakness. I ...
A: I'll simply cut to the chase and tell you I do not have any particular words of wisdom. But when I ...
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| BiPAP's | 6/8/2008 |
Q: Dave: Are there any advantages of fixed BiPAP's over Auto-BiPAP's? Why would someone choose one ...
A: I personally do not think the auto-BiPAP is better than a fixed setting BiPAP. I say this because ...
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| do i have sleep apneia? | 6/5/2008 |
Q: i am 21 years old.i am 7stone in weight,i am 5 foot 2'',i smoke a fair amount and used to drink ...
A: One does not have to be overweight to have symptoms of sleep apnea. And insomnia and sleep apnea ...
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| dental device | 5/30/2008 |
Q: I have been on cpap for 2 days and am having trouble exhaling but will give it some time. My ...
A: You will need more than two days to acclimate to nasal CPAP therapy. After a while you should get ...
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| Interpreting my polysomnogram | 5/24/2008 |
Q: I am 29 years old with OSA & Atrial Fibrillation and am looking for help understanding my sleep ...
A: David: You ask if apnea events are important in the absence of arousal. I would say that if the ...
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| Odd feeling when I wake up....? | 4/22/2008 |
Q: I'm a 20 year old guy and I've been having some strange symptoms. I wake up almost every morning ...
A: Patrick: Some things that make sleep disordered breathing worse are weight, alcohol, smoking, drug ...
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| Odd feeling when I wake up....? | 4/20/2008 |
Q: I'm a 20 year old guy and I've been having some strange symptoms. I wake up almost every morning ...
A: Patrick: It's good that you are checking our your symptoms and taking an interest in this. As you ...
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| UPPP Surgery | 4/6/2008 |
Q: I am a 59 y0 woman with several medical conditions. One of those conditions is mild sleep apnea. ...
A: Carole: Before committing to a irreversible surgical procedure, perhaps you might first ask your ...
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| still tired | 3/7/2008 |
Q: I was diagnosed with upper respiratory sleep apea about 3 months ago after suffering for a couple ...
A: Kelsey: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! In order to try and help you, I'll need a bit more ...
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| pain in upper chest when waking | 2/26/2008 |
Q: This is a kinda random question...I am a 26 woman without children, overweight, allergy asthma and ...
A: Tiffany: Given your reportedly large tonsils, being overweight and the question of sleep apnea you ...
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| obstructive sleep apnea question | 1/31/2008 |
Q: What can I do about obstructive sleep apnea and also is there a correlation between that and ...
A: Janice: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! I'd like to address your concerns, but your question ...
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| snoring/stop breathing while sleeping | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I am 37 year old female. within the past year I have noticed I have caught myself making a loud ...
A: Carrie: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Your description of symptoms is consistent with a ...
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| Dry Mouth | 9/20/2007 |
Q: I am a new user of a cpap machine and the dry mouth is incredible. I am getting better sleep but my ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! I'm a CPAP user myself and experience the same problem on most ...
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| Possible Sleep Apnea? | 8/14/2007 |
Q: I've been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and cfs, but so far have found nothing to relieve the ...
A: Tanya: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! To make a long story short, yes - you should lobby your ...
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| PSG results - how to tell if CPAP is successful? | 6/16/2007 |
Q: I have PSG results from two sleep studies done at the same location. The first was PSG w/PES and ...
A: Sue: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Hope I can help with this inguiry... I think common ...
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| sleep apnea side effects | 5/27/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with high bp, possible periphreal neuropaty and sleep apnea in the same ...
A: Mandy: Thanks for clarifying. The in-home sleep study is designed to rule in/out sleep apnea only; ...
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| sleep apnea side effects | 5/26/2007 |
Q: My husband was diagnosed with high bp, possible periphreal neuropaty and sleep apnea in the same ...
A: Sleep apnea does cause high blood pressure. May I ask what were the results of his sleep study? As ...
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| Dry mouth with CPAP machine | 5/9/2007 |
Q: I've been using my CPAP machine for over 1 year and often wake with extremely dry mouth. I'm using ...
A: Glad you stoppped by AllExperts.Com! The dry mouth is indeed most likely due to your mouth being ...
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| Awaking breathless | 5/2/2007 |
Q: Dave. Thank you for taking my question. The problem is this: very often, maybe every other day, I ...
A: Glad to have you stop by AllExperts.Com! May I first suggest you take the sleep apnea quiz at ...
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| SLEEP APNEA AND CPAP MACHINE | 3/25/2007 |
Q: I have went through the test and I stopped breathing 115 times that night.I have been on cpap fo ...
A: Dave: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! If you are having trouble being compliant with a ...
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| severe sleep apnea | 3/21/2007 |
Q: Dave, I have been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I am 34yr old male, 6ft 223LBS. I have been ...
A: Martin: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! I'm not sure if you will find "other peoples tests on ...
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| How many is to many? | 2/28/2007 |
Q: I had an overnight study about 3 months ago that showed that I was having 17 "events" per hour.. ...
A: Eric: glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! The "events" number you are referring to is called the ...
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| Sleep Apnea & the Heart | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Does sleep apnea have anything to do with heart disease? What I mean is, can having sleep apnea ...
A: Penny: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Unfortunately, your husband is correct in that sleep ...
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| cpap machine | 10/23/2006 |
Q: How can I change my air pressure on a resmed s7? I have been using my machine for 2 1/2 yrs. @14 ...
A: Ceri: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Sounds like you have widely differing therapeutic ...
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| sleep apnea | 6/8/2006 |
Q: I think I have sleep apnea and am presently being checked out by my physician for the same. Besides ...
A: Dannielle: Sounds like you had an unattended sleep study that focuses on sleep disordered breathing ...
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| Help with sleep apenea | 5/26/2006 |
Q: Parent had a fall. Discs are messed up in neck and back. Uses oxygen and has sleep apenea. ...
A: RJ: Sorry to hear about the unfortunate accident. As for options other than nasal or oral CPAP, ...
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| Sleep apnea | 2/10/2006 |
Q: I am 45 years ol and have been wearing a cpap for about 5 years. I went from using 6 as a pressure ...
A: Gary: glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! There are several variables at work here. First, how ...
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| OSA question | 2/2/2006 |
Q: I was just diagnosed with 'probable' OSA. My sleep study is next week. Any info you can offer will ...
A: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! Lots of questions... :) As for prepping for the test, you are ...
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| Treatment | 12/25/2005 |
Q: I was diagnosted with sleep apnea meny years ago, I was told that I had 700 to 1000 epasodes a night ...
A: Bob: glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! The answer to your question is yes, you should have had ...
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| Why is it that they can place... | 12/8/2005 |
Q: Why is it that they can place stints in arteries to releive obstruction but something similar cannot ...
A: Billy: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! There are at least two oralpharyngeal/nasal stent ...
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| When will I notice a Change? | 11/28/2005 |
Q: I have completed the overnight sleep study and also the 2nd night to adjust my cpap. It has now been ...
A: Doug: glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Yes, each person's response to CPAP therapy is ...
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| Sleep Apnea | 10/3/2005 |
Q: I was diagnosed with sleep apnea a couple of weeks ago and now on a CPAP machine with humidifier. I ...
A: Mike: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! First off, is your humidifier a heated unit or simply a ...
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| snoring | 9/14/2005 |
Q: How can we know the cause of my boyfriends snoring? On a scale of 1 - 10 its a 10!!!......we have ...
A: Ruthel: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! Fistly, may I suggest some personal research on ...
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| Central Sleep apnea | 8/10/2005 |
Q: Are there any labs that can measure the levels of arterial CO2 while sleeping to detect central ...
A: Roberto: Glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! They do not normally monitor arterial CO2 by means of ...
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| snoring | 6/23/2005 |
Q: My husband and I sleep in separate room because he snores and I am a light sleeper. Is there any ...
A: Lee: glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! Heavy snoring is the most common sign of sleep disordered ...
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| Questions about some sleep parameters | 5/11/2005 |
Q: For the following: SaO2 awake average = 97% SaO2 worst case = 90% Average SaO2 desaturation = 2% ...
A: Roberto: glad you stopped by AllExperts.Com! Allow me to intersperse my answers to your questions ...
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| Interview~in a hurry | 4/26/2005 |
Q: As you know I am Samantha Hildebrand and I am from Wissahickon Middle School. I will need to use the ...
A: Samantha: I just read over your questions. I'd be glad to help you with your project, but this late ...
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| sleep and apnes | 4/17/2005 |
Q: For the past approx. three months I have been suffering from hyper-sleep, i.e. I fall asleep ...
A: Jan: glad you stopped by AllExperts.com! Probably the most efficient way for us to appraoch your ...
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| waking up unable to breath | 3/4/2005 |
Q: I had a dream last night that I wasn't able to breath and when I woke up I realized it wasn't a ...
A: Beth: welcome to Allexperts.com! The event you are describing is not unusual and can be caused by ...
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| cpap suggestions | 8/12/2004 |
Q: My mother falls asleep before she can get her CPAP mask on. She hasn't been compliant for the past ...
A: Ronda: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! Like real estate, the key to success with CPAP therapy ...
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| Sleeping Problems | 6/29/2004 |
Q: My girlfriend seems to snore very loudly everynight and it drives me crazy. I sometimes only sleep a ...
A: Jonathon: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! Although excessive daytime sleepiness is commonly ...
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| apnea cyre | 6/20/2004 |
Q: overnight sleep study indicates moderate sleep apnea. recent pft pulmonary function test showed a ...
A: Padraeg: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! Couple of thoughts and some questions... 1) what ...
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| Test Question | 6/1/2004 |
Q: I recently underwent a sleep study and was told by the pulmonary physician that I experienced 25 ...
A: Charles: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! As for "lowered pulse Ox levels," this is relative. ...
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| sleep apnea | 5/30/2004 |
Q: I have sleep apnea and wanted to know why oxygen concentrators are not used to treat sleep apnea? ...
A: Shay: glad you stopped by Allexperts. com! An oxygen concentrator and a CPAP machine are not ...
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| Automatic CPAP | 5/29/2004 |
Q: I have moderate to severe OSAS diagnosed eight years ago. Since I was not a candidate for ablation ...
A: Michael: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! I have to admit that I have not found a need to use ...
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| Name for this? | 4/23/2004 |
Q: I know that sleep apnea is when breathing stops during sleep, and as far as I know I don't have ...
A: Briand: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! Breath holding during wakefullness is quite common and ...
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| sleep apnea | 3/13/2004 |
Q: The cost of testing for sleep apnea is so out of reach..even for deaparate people...I am wondering ...
A: Laurel: glad you stopped by Allexperts.com! I hope I can help with your question. The traditional ...
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