Excess Sitting vs. Untreated Sleep Apnea: Which Is Worse?
Excess sitting is dangerous in so many ways, but so is untreated sleep apnea. Which is worse for the body? Both can lead to heart disease and other ailments. […]
Why Can’t CPAP Bring AHI Down to Zero All Night?
Are you concerned that your AHI keeps showing as two, three or four despite doing everything possible to ensure your CPAP is working right? It’s a fair question: Why don’t CPAP machines deliver an AHI [...]
Waking up Every Hour with CPAP: Causes & Solutions
There are quite a few causes for waking up every hour or so despite compliance with CPAP therapy. If this is happening to you, the obvious approach is to first identify if there are any [...]
Nocturia Continues after CPAP Therapy: Cause & Solution
You’re now on CPAP for the sleep apnea that’s been causing endless overnight trips to the john, but doggone it, you still suffer from nocturia. […]
How Long Can You Have Untreated Sleep Apnea Without Damage?
You know that untreated sleep apnea can cause cardiovascular damage including heart disease and failure, but how long must OSA go untreated to cause these problems? […]
Can Menopause Cause the Urge to Pee to Wake You from Sleep?
Are you wakened at least twice during sleep by the urge to urinate and are wondering if menopause is the cause? […]
How to Brace for a Sleep Apnea Diagnosis & Treatment
Save yourself endless hours of online research about sleep apnea treatment and being overwhelmed; here’s what you need to know to effectively face head-on what you know is coming. […]
When Sleep Apnea Occurs Only when Falling Asleep
Why is it that the only apnea episodes that awaken you are seemingly only those that occur just as you’re falling asleep? […]
Five Things Never to Say to Someone with Sleep Apnea
Being prepped for a sleep study. Here are 5 things that you should never say to someone who has sleep apnea – which, by the way, you yourself might have! After all, sleep [...]
Why Can’t Supplemental Oxygen Alone Treat Sleep Apnea?
Are you wondering why supplemental oxygen rather than a CPAP machine isn’t enough to treat sleep apnea? […]
Why Are So Many People Getting Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea?
Is it just your imagination or are there rashes of sleep apnea diagnoses cropping up all over the place? Is sleep apnea the new “in” disease or do tens of millions of Americans really have [...]
Why Isn’t a Light Sleeper Wakened by Most Sleep Apnea Events?
If a light sleeper could be wakened by a pin dropping 300 feet away, you’d think that most or at least many apnea events would jolt the sleeper to full wakefulness. […]
CPAP Humidifier Tank Has Mold: Causes and Solution
The humidifier tank of your CPAP machine should not attract mold. If it does, it’s not being cleaned thoroughly. The issue, then, is just how should the humidifier tank be cleaned to prevent mold buildup? [...]
10 Signs You’re in Denial of Having Sleep Apnea
Here's a checklist of 10 signs that are very suspicious for sleep apnea. How many apply to you? You may think you know all the signs of sleep apnea, but this list will enlighten you [...]
Feeling More Tired after Using CPAP: Causes & Solutions
CPAP therapy for sleep apnea should not be making you feel even more tired and drained. “If you're actually sleeping the majority of the night and feeling MORE tired than you did without the CPAP, [...]
How Many People Have Sleep Apnea? It’s Often Misdiagnosed
Many people have sleep apnea and have no idea they have this dangerous condition, and contrary to myth, thin people CAN have obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea is quite prevalent – and not just [...]
Morning Headache: Brain Tumor or Sleep Apnea?
Waking up with morning headaches can mean a brain tumor or sleep apnea. This is because when headaches are caused by these two conditions, they typically are present as the patient wakes up for the [...]
Can You Be Too Old to Benefit from a CPAP Machine?
Even though old age brings with it problems, this does not mean you’re too old to benefit from CPAP therapy if newly diagnosed with sleep apnea. […]
What the Typical Person with Sleep Apnea Looks Like
Think the typical person with sleep apnea looks like a beer gutted middle age man with a short fat neck? Think again! There is NO typical appearance of a person with obstructive sleep apnea, and [...]
Make Excuses for Excessive Napping and Deny Sleep Apnea?
Do people say you nap too much? Do you make excuses such as being awake but closing your eyes just to rest them? Do you justify naps due to your age or stress? NOTE: This [...]
How to Convince Elderly Parent to Get Sleep Apnea Test
Here’s how to convince your elderly parent, whom you suspect has obstructive sleep apnea, to agree to a sleep study or an overnight oxygen level test. I was finally able to convince my advanced-elderly father [...]
Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea in Old Age: Is CPAP Worth It?
Are you elderly and have just been told you have obstructive sleep apnea? Can you still benefit from CPAP therapy? Or should you just use supplemental oxygen? If your primary care doctor believes you're too [...]
Repeatedly Strangled While Sleeping: Sleep Apnea’s Dangers
Don’t think for a second that the typical patient with sleep apnea is a fat man with a thick neck. Thin young women can be diagnosed with this often misdiagnosed and very common condition. In [...]
Does Anxiety Really Cause Nocturia or Is Something Else Happening?
If anxiety truly causes nocturia (waking to urinate several times overnight), certainly there has to be a logical reason for this. You may have read somewhere that stress can increase the urge to void. [...]
Can You Have Sleep Apnea Without Daytime Symptoms?
Have you been convincing yourself that you can't possibly have sleep apnea because you don't have daytime symptoms? There is a possibility that you have sleep apnea even if you're not sleepy during the day [...]
Can Untreated Mild Sleep Apnea Cause Cardiovascular Harm?
Don’t let the diagnosis of “mild” fool you; untreated though mild obstructive sleep apnea can lead to adverse cardiovascular events in your body. […]
How to Tell You Might Have Obstructive Sleep Apnea ??
Don’t count yourself out from having sleep apnea just because you don’t have daytime symptoms and are lean, buff and young. Sleep apnea is one of those conditions for which millions of people could be [...]
Can a Sleep Study Miss Sleep Apnea?
Don’t get your hopes up if your first sleep study is negative for sleep apnea. Better have a second sleep study done because the first one may have missed it. […]
Best Way to Learn to Sleep on Your Side: Forget Tennis Balls!
There’s a sure-fire way to stay on your side during sleep: no sewn-in tennis balls, bumper wraps or alarms that awaken you every time you roll over. […]
What Is Mild Sleep Apnea? It’s Not What You Think
Is the mildness of sleep apnea determined by the patient’s daytime symptoms such as severity? Is it frequency of these symptoms? Or is it something else? […]
Is Mild Sleep Apnea a Risk Factor for All Cause Mortality?
Just how dangerous is untreated but mild obstructive sleep apnea? Can mild OSA cut your life short? Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is defined as having equal to or greater than 15 respiratory disturbances [...]
Does CPAP Lower Cardiovascular Risk Directly or Indirectly?
CPAP treatment of sleep apnea lowers cardiovascular risk – significantly, when compared to what it potentially could be if sleep apnea goes untreated on a chronic level. […]
HOW Does Untreated Sleep Apnea Damage the Heart?
You’d be shocked to know just all the ways that sleep apnea can harm the heart. If you’ve ever wondered why periods of stopped breathing can be so dangerous to the cardiovascular system even though [...]
Sleep Apnea’s Gasp for Breath vs. Overnight Laryngospasm
Okay, so which is it: sleep apnea or laryngospasm, being that both can cause you to abruptly wake in the middle of the night gasping for breath? […]
Can a Finger Pulse Oximeter Alone Detect Sleep Apnea?
Being that sleep apnea causes frequent low oxygen levels overnight, could a finger pulse oximeter by itself detect sleep apnea? When sleep apnea is suspected, the patient is encouraged to undergo a “sleep study” (polysomnography) [...]
Can Sleep Apnea Be Sporadic Rather than Every Night?
Sleep apnea may not always occur every single night and in fact may be sporadic in some cases. This can be referred to as intermittent sleep apnea, in which the intermittency is measured in days [...]
If You Have Sleep Apnea but No Symptoms Do You Need CPAP?
Asymptomatic people with sleep apnea should use a CPAP—and they shouldn’t, too; the answer depends on more specific data as well as the doctor treating the patient. […]
Can You Prevent Sleep Apnea Sleeping Upright?
Which is more tolerable for preventing sleep apnea: sleeping upright or sleeping lying down with a CPAP machine on? This is a million-dollar question to people diagnosed with sleep apnea who can’t stand using a [...]
Can You Fake Sleep Apnea and Fool the Test ? Yes and No
Who’d want to fake sleep apnea and try to fool the sleep study test? A person wanting to scam an insurance company. A young man wanted to know if he could fool a sleep study [...]
How Does Inconsistent CPAP Use Affect Sleep Apnea?
People who find the CPAP device very uncomfortable may end up using it inconsistently and wonder how bad their sleep apnea can still be with this approach. Some people can’t tolerate sleeping with a mask [...]