CPAP Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
, quitting smoking, or adopting a new exercise regimen. Before the invention of the nasal CPAP, a recommended course of action for a patient with sleep apnea or habitual snoring was a tracheostomy, or creating a temporary opening in the windpipe. The CPAP treatment has been found to be nearly 100 percent effective in eliminating sleep apnea and snoring when used correctly and will eliminate the necessity of a surgical procedure. So, If I Use A Nasal CPAP I Will Never Need Surgery? With …
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hey, I’m a med student and I found your vid really helpful – thanks sooo much for posting this for our knowledge! It’s really useful, and all the best!
Amina
What would happen if the hose for the airflow came off while you were sleeping.
And you had the mask on with no air coming into it.
How much was the surgery?
hope that helps. contact your home health care provider if you have one of the affected units.
Respironics, has received complaints of failures of the AC inlet connector on the REMstar Heated Humidifiers manufactured between December 2001 and April 2003. A small number of these failures have resulted in thermal damage to the humidifier enclosure, and there is a remote possibility that a thermal failure could result in the ignition of materials external to the device.
This action includes only the model 1005792, U1005792, R1005792, SC1005792, AC1005792, and 1007861.
The fuse in the humidifier is faulty on the early ones of that model. Alot of people tend to fill the humidifier while its on the warming plate, water would get into the unit, short it out, and it would not blow the fuse.
It caused several units to catch on fire.
sorry for the long break and not noticing your reply.
To check to see if your affected, call respironics with your serial number.
some info in the next post.
in the uk we get the machines for free. all health care is free
Thanks. I get mine tomorrow.
no dangly thing!? o_o
In my study, I averaged 105 episodes per hour
yeah welcome to the US. i had UPPP and LAUP surgery for apnea when i had insurance. now im not covered and need a cpap. i hear church run hospitals donate their old ones if u qualify. try that. i haven’t had any luck yet…
I don’t have insurance, so do I die whit out this? why do you charge so much??? bunch of money hungry pigs…
yes, the strap broke one time over the last year… just got a replacement… the humidifier has been fine…what recall?
Nice remSTAR plus unit. Did you get the humidifier replaced on the recall?
anyways, are you having the issues with the strap points on that model mask breaking?
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Thanks for posting this. I’m suffering intensly from sleep apnea. I’m only 38, I think I’ve had it most of my life but it seems to be getting to the very dangerous level. I’m waiting for the GD! insurance application to go through so I can go get treatment. I just hope I don’t get one of those doctors who say “oh you don’t have that, we don’t need to test you” that’s my biggest fear right now.
I did find one thing though . I no longer use that water heating thing because its annoying to refill it. What i use is a saline nasal spray. I refill it with filtered water. I spray two shots into each nostril and it does the exact same thing and it keeps everything moist since my mouth is strapped shut and the moisture cant really go far.
BigKinny: true traveling to NY i had to lug that thing onto the plane. not fun. then later the mask broke and tried to rig it to use it.
I have exactly the same machine except my mask is a bit different. Mine goes over the nose and has that blue gel membrane thing which fits quite well.
My problem is that i need to wear a chin strap underneath that to keep my mouth shut. Unfortunatley it rubs on my face and causes a rash. Any idea what to do? They dont seem to many anything else.
Also ive had to order 3 masks in the past since the clear connector breaks easily.
I feel for your wife…I’ve tried using my CPAP machine for three years now, and cannot find a mask that I can sleep with. She might need to experiment with different masks until she finds one that is comfortable for her.
Won’t the CPAP make you dependent on it and if you don’t use it it will be impossible to breathe.i’m 16 and and I weigh like 125 and i think i have sleep apnea.
Look up ‘Pillar Procedure’
i would say you dont need to loose that much weight. maybe 10 or 15 pounds
Great video. I love youtube and the people like you how make this service grateful. i really didnt know I had sleep apnea, although I was sufferring from the symptoms. Currently i have High BP, Diabetes, etc… Recently my mom insisted me to check my condition to an ENT specialist in india. Then as a followup in US my doc. confirmed me as sleep apnea patient. Hope they do a surgery to me. I really look forward for next doc appointment so that i get CPAP or Surgery or Both.
Hey. I am considering the surgery and I had a question. Did it change your voice, specifically the resonance and such? I sing and don’t want that to change, if at all possible…
Hello, my wife was just diagnosed with sleep apnea and now has this thing on her bedside table. She is having a very hard time getting used to wearing it. I don’t think she’s worn it for a full night yet. She says I also stop breathing in my sleep but I’m afraid of getting tested because I don’t want to wear one of these damn things. To me, it’s something foreign to have in bed with you, like an electric blanket (which I also hate and would never use). Are there alternatives other than surgery?