Sleep apnea test

[vbhelper]

this health issue confirmed link to body weight.

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea include:

• Anatomic abnormality. Snoring and OSA occur because of anatomic abnormality in the upper airway leading to obstruction. The sites involved include the:
  • Nose (enlarged turbinates, deviated nasal septum, and nasal polyps)
  • Oropharynx (long, redundant and thick palate and uvula, large tonsils)
  • Hypopharynx/base of tongue (lingual tonsillar hypertrophy, floppy epiglottis, and bulky tongue) and throat
• Genetics. Genetic predisposition leading to facial and jaw abnormalities are known predisposing risk factors.
• Medications / Alcohol. Mild or intermittent snoring may be a result of medications (like sedatives to help you sleep) or alcohol that induce relaxation of the upper airway muscles.
• Weight. Weight gain can contribute to snoring and OSA. Excessive fat accumulation in the upper airway can amplify an existing anatomic narrowing that was causing mild obstruction previously.
• Gender and Age. The male gender and increased age are risk factors.

https://www.singhealth.com.sg/symptoms-treatments/obstructive-sleep-apnoea-osa-surgery

 

[Ironside]

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnoea include:

• Anatomic abnormality.Snoring and OSA occur because of anatomic abnormality in the upper airway leading to obstruction. The sites involved include the:
  • Nose (enlarged turbinates, deviated nasal septum, and nasal polyps)
  • Oropharynx (long, redundant and thick palate and uvula, large tonsils)
  • Hypopharynx/base of tongue (lingual tonsillar hypertrophy, floppy epiglottis, and bulky tongue) and throat
• Genetics. Genetic predisposition leading to facial and jaw abnormalities are known predisposing risk factors.
• Medications / Alcohol. Mild or intermittent snoring may be a result of medications (like sedatives to help you sleep) or alcohol that induce relaxation of the upper airway muscles.
• Weight. Weight gain can contribute to snoring and OSA. Excessive fat accumulation in the upper airway can amplify an existing anatomic narrowing that was causing mild obstruction previously.
• Gender and Age. The male gender and increased age are risk factors.

https://www.singhealth.com.sg/symptoms-treatments/obstructive-sleep-apnoea-osa-surgery

weight, age and gender most important. During NS time never heard of anyone like that with 30 people sleeping in the same bunk. All are thin thin.

 

[firsttimebuyer]

Hi everyone, for those of you with your own ResMed AirSense 10 but without a sleep technologist to rely on, how do you know what is your appropriate ramp on time?

 

[vbhelper]

Hi everyone, for those of you with your own ResMed AirSense 10 but without a sleep technologist to rely on, how do you know what is your appropriate ramp on time?

U see the report will know what’s the max ramp ur machine went to and what time ur max usually will ramp

 

[noinimod]

Hi everyone, for those of you with your own ResMed AirSense 10 but without a sleep technologist to rely on, how do you know what is your appropriate ramp on time?

Ramp on time should only be used during initial acclimatization period for a new user to get used to the sensation of the machine. Setting should not be enabled for prolonged period, because the ramp up pressure setting is too low to deliver the right pressure required to treat the apnea.

Imagine if the ramp up setting is 45 minutes, and total sleep duration is 8 hours. Then the ramp up duration is almost 10% of the total sleep duration, which is a huge waste.

I would say set ramp up time to 30 minutes at most for a month, then taper off using the setting entirely.

For regular airsense 10, EPAP setting = IPAP setting, so exhale pressure = inhale pressure.

Btw, minimum pressure is 4 but that's too low for 99% of people. I would start at EPAP 6-7. When the pressure is too low, you'll feel like you're being suffocated because there's simply not enough air being delivered during the inhale phase.

The main discomfort most people feel is on the exhale phase when you have to breathe out against the EPAP pressure. That takes a while to get used to. If you feel discomfort on the inhale phase, then the IPAP is too low.

 

[AnTzX_]

ya vendor blur one. told me cycle 12am-12am end up I trial and error is 10am-10am.

because of this, I kena 3 days gg
3hrs51min, 57min, 59min

so I hard-core use the rest of the days.

subsidy amount still need see income ah? hopefully the min also 50%

rabak one bro... i was telling i have tis condition, n needs tis machine of cos i wanna make sure datalogging error is minimised and oso using this machine in its best way possible to help me... n not buying the machine just to use...

the subsidy thing is nurse told me b4 the purchase... according to her it is in a range... so it might be more it might be less...

 

[grissodrod]

You really don't know how much your hormones are messing with your health and life until you recover from it.

After 2 months of using the CPAP machine daily for the whole night (occasionally will pull out the mask unknowingly in the middle of the night), I feel a very big difference in my cravings for refined carbs like rice, noodles, bread, junk food, etc. Used to want to eat a lot of refined carbs and kept getting hungry very easily.

Now, after 2 months, I cannot even finish 1 bowl of rice. Cravings for refined carbs also reduced drastically. I don't get hungry so easily as well and even if I get peckish, I just need to drink soy milk and I'm full again.

It's so devastating to finally find out how much havoc sleep apnea has done to my Ghrelin and Leptin levels. No wonder my dieting had never succeeded.

For those who are still on the fence about getting a sleep test or using a CPAP machine, I'd really encourage you all to give it a try and use the CPAP machine regularly for at least 3 months. It may not work for everyone but if it works, it's really life changing!!!