Sleep apnea & CPAP?

[cosmo20002]

I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.

But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.

[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.

But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.

In the case of FireMeBoy, he had a sleep study which is basically a monitored EEG (i.e. monitoring brain waves while sleeping). It is both objective and diagnostic.

People are just more aware of it and treating it, but it is generally correlated (but not always) with obesity which is also more prevalent in society. Many (if not most) patients can cure their sleep apnea with weight loss.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.

But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.

Science and data doesn't lie.

Why would a person have electrodes placed all over their body, try to sleep in a strange room while some stranger watches them sleep if there is not some issue that has been going on for years until their wife or health causes them to go get a sleep study?

I'm sure that people want to sleep with this tight mask on their face. Wind blowing up their nose just for the free CPAP machine.

In my experience doing sleep studies about 10% didn't need a CPAP machine. Of that number it was about 90% orthopena. They needed to sleep in a certain position and they would be fine.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Science and data doesn't lie.

Why would a person have electrodes placed all over their body, try to sleep in a strange room while some stranger watches them sleep if there is not some issue that has been going on for years until their wife or health causes them to go get a sleep study?

In my experience doing sleep studies about 10% didn't need a CPAP machine. Of that number it was about 90% orthopena. They needed to sleep in a certain position and they would be fine.

Wife has commented for a couple years, but a nurse noted I stopped breathing while I was hospitalized. I was on the BiPAP anyway since it was that or they put me on a ventilator, so it wasn't a problem, but they set me up for the sleep study.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Science and data doesn't lie.

Why would a person have electrodes placed all over their body, try to sleep in a strange room while some stranger watches them sleep if there is not some issue that has been going on for years until their wife or health causes them to go get a sleep study?

I'm sure that people want to sleep with this tight mask on their face. Wind blowing up their nose just for the free CPAP machine.

In my experience doing sleep studies about 10% didn't need a CPAP machine. Of that number it was about 90% orthopena. They needed to sleep in a certain position and they would be fine.

My wife's concerns about me stopping my breathing is what prompted my action with getting a study done. Without the machine, the only way I am able to breath and sleep is on my right side. On my left side, the air passage is closed.
Of course, if I was a mouthbreather, it would be no problem.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.

But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.

I don't generally snore, but my wife has commented a number of times that I've awakened here in the middle of the night by my jumpstarts awake. Most of them, I don't remember. But I do generally wake up anywhere from a half-dozen to a dozen times a night.

And I'm sure there is some truth to your comments, but SATs in the 60s aren't anything to screw around with.

[planetdoc]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

but SATs in the 60s aren't anything to screw around with.

no it isnt. Can drastically increase morbidity and mortality. Glad you are treating it.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

I'm not dismissing the dangers of sleep apnea and know it can be a serious condition.

But it seems like it is one of those things now that pretty much EVERYONE seems to have. Anyone who snores, or wakes up in the middle of the night, or is tired during the day, is told they might have it. And I don't know anyone who has done a sleep study who has been told they don't have it. Makes me wonder if it is being overhyped a little.

This is how I feel. Sleep apnea is the new high cholesterol. Doc are prescribing CPAP machines like they were Lipitor. Sure it can kill you but so can a lot of other things.