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Did a sleep study and was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. When it comes to sleep apnea and afibb when do we or should we try and treat, mild, moderate, severe? I'm in relatively good shape(40yr old 6'4 205lbs active male).
How do you know or guess sleep apnea is causing or attributing to your afibb?
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Damn insurance making me use it 40% of the time to cover cost.
Night I did sleep study I was having alot of ectopics not sure if that throws off study results. Either way I'm going to commit to wearing the damn thing.
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I wouldn't question good results... only the bad ones.
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Kleinkp
Any luck with oral sleep apnea appliance? This constant air getting pushed down my throat is making good sleep a thing of the past. Granted only 6 days in now but I used to wake up feeling rested and ready to go. Which is worse better sleep or suffering trying to force sleep machine to work.
Prior to sleep machine I woke up rested, never sleepy during the day, never fall asleep watching tv or listening to books, felt alert etc etc.
Thinking oral appliance may be better.
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Singing is a great way to strengthen the muscles in your soft palate and upper throat, which tend to get weaker as you age. In one study, people with mild to moderate sleep apnea symptoms saw improvements after a 3-month program of daily singing exercises.
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Kleinkp
I sleep or should say slept great, cpap has been a real struggle. I think I'm going to try oral appliance. Reading my report it said I slept majority on my back. I usually sleep on sides, when had testing equipment hooked up I slept on my back for comfort. Sleeping on sides from what I read is the best for sleep apnea, so I bet my events are not normally as high.
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Any luck with oral sleep apnea appliance? . . . . Thinking oral appliance may be better.
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Klein - I got this one from Phillips - it just uses these little nose pads so it's not such a big deal.
DreamStation Auto CPAP Machine (DSX500H11) with Heated Humidifier by Philips Respironics × 1
I bought direct from CPAP1000.com for $479
I use an O2 ring that vibrates if I go below 90, I then put on CPAP.
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In 108 - I looked for 20 minutes - they don't offer the version I have any more - the new ones look more cumbersome . My friend who had the same as me prefers this one - but I can't vouch for it. I am happy with my version. [www.youtube.com]
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GeorgeN
Did a sleep study and was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. When it comes to sleep apnea and afibb when do we or should we try and treat, mild, moderate, severe? I'm in relatively good shape(40yr old 6'4 205lbs active male).
How do you know or guess sleep apnea is causing or attributing to your afibb?
A simple answer may be taping your mouth at night. See this thread: [www.afibbers.org]
You can see the difference this makes for me: [www.afibbers.org]
The tape I use is [correctbreathing.com]
This relates to carbon dioxide tolerance. Because of the Bohr Effect, [en.wikipedia.org] a higher level of serum CO2 (from higher CO2 tolerance) means a rightward shift in the hemoglobin dissociation curve [en.wikipedia.org] What this means is that hemoglobin binds tightly to O2 and a lower pH (more CO2) allows this binding to relax and more O2 to get into your cells.
More of my posts on the topic [www.afibbers.org]