While I have known about this topic for a while, I have never really bothered to get it looked into. I have been told that I have possibly several of the symptoms of sleep apnea, especially my apparent snoring, sometimes stoppage of breathing, and poor sleeping habits.
I met a person during this year who had been diagnosed with apnea and had been referred to the usage of a CPAP device by ResMed. CPAP = Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (I think), which is where the device pushes air into the airway through the nasal passages at a higher than atmospheric pressure pressure to keep the airway inflated and supported.
For me, I have never been properly diagnosed or assessed, and hearing about this was pretty interesting. A friend of mine works in clinical trials related to sleep disorders and suggested that I should get a PSG, a polysomnograph, which is where they moniter your sleep behaviour using electrodes and other sensory devices to determine if you are sleeping normally or not. They also said that the clinics normally have big waiting lists for them because not many places here do PSG's. I don't have private health insurance, so getting a referral is necessary unless I pay for it completely, so at the moment, I have booked an appointment with my regular doctor at the university health service to see if I can ask him for a referral.
If I get one, then, we'll see if I have apnea or not. Then the issue comes of how to fix it.
I met a person during this year who had been diagnosed with apnea and had been referred to the usage of a CPAP device by ResMed. CPAP = Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (I think), which is where the device pushes air into the airway through the nasal passages at a higher than atmospheric pressure pressure to keep the airway inflated and supported.
For me, I have never been properly diagnosed or assessed, and hearing about this was pretty interesting. A friend of mine works in clinical trials related to sleep disorders and suggested that I should get a PSG, a polysomnograph, which is where they moniter your sleep behaviour using electrodes and other sensory devices to determine if you are sleeping normally or not. They also said that the clinics normally have big waiting lists for them because not many places here do PSG's. I don't have private health insurance, so getting a referral is necessary unless I pay for it completely, so at the moment, I have booked an appointment with my regular doctor at the university health service to see if I can ask him for a referral.
If I get one, then, we'll see if I have apnea or not. Then the issue comes of how to fix it.
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