Sleep apnea can cause a lot of problems for you in your daily life. You can feel exhausted, moody, and can have trouble concentrating on tasks at work or school. Treatment will be necessary to help address your OSA. We offer a number of different solutions, depending on the cause and seriousness of your sleep apnea. What are your sleep apnea solutions?
Try Our Sleep Apnea Solutions Quiz
- True or False: Changing your habits can reduce severity.
- True or False: The doctor may suggest an oral appliance.
- True or False: A CPAP machine can allow uninterrupted breathing.
- True or False: Treatment can change over time.
Answer Key
- True. A lot of daily habits can increase the severity of out sleep issues. Obesity, smoking or tobacco use, caffeine consumption, and sleeping on your back can cause the issue to worsen. By changing these habits, you can help address the issue and sleep better.
- True. Simply put, an oral appliance is a device similar in function to a nightguard that is worn while you sleep. We offer a number of different devices and their function is to move the jaw forward and keep airways open during sleep to prevent apnea episodes.
- True. The patient wears a mask connected via a hose to a machine, pumping air through the nose and mouth and allowing you to breathe without interruption throughout the night.
- True. In many cases, sleep apnea is an issue that must be managed over a period of a person’s life. However, this doesn’t mean wearing a CPAP mask or oral appliance every night for the rest of your life. Treatment, combined with changes to your lifestyle, can often reduce the need for these treatments. However, your treatment options, and how they change, will depend on the severity of your OSA.
