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re: Cpap-sleep apnea technology has a huge tech cheaper change
Posted on 8/25/23 at 5:58 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 8/25/23 at 5:58 pm to East Coast Band
Some CPAP machines deliver oxygen
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 5:59 pm
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Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:03 pm to Hangover Haven
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I’ve been a respiratory therapist for over thirty years, I still don’t see how people sleep with all that shite on their face…
I'm not going to lie, it took me a couple of weeks to get used to sleeping the full night through with it on. What helped me initially was feeling the results after only a week of wearing it (even with taking it off during the middle of a couple of nights).
What's helped me since then is waking up after the few nights I've tried sleeping without it and my soft palate feeling like I have severe post-nasal drip.
For me, putting it on before sleep has become almost like putting a seatbelt on when getting in a vehicle.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:06 pm to Trevaylin
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Acesses to cpaps has been controlled by the sleep clinic permission system, where a first test to see if apnea exists and a second test to determine cpap pressure setting. Tests can run a couple thousand dollars to insurance companies.
Technology has changed, almost all cpap's are now automatic settings based on your sleep position, atmospheric pressure, elevation and nasal congestion. Far more accurate than the second study to determine a manual pressure setting.
If your PCP recommends an updated sleep study to verify pressure setting, better to buy a new automatic machine.
I guess I got lucky. I was part of an apnea study at Pennington, part of it was their giving me a Dreamstation (automatic CPAP). It changes air pressure based on my apnea, I'm usually around 9-11.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:08 pm to Trevaylin
This thread is fatter than a midnight snack thread.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:12 pm to LoneStar23
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Can't you just lose weight? Like I've never heard of a skinny or fit person having to connect themselves to oxygen to sleep.
It's good to see ignorance alive and well, I guess.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:16 pm to Trevaylin
My supplies thru VieMed are 3x what they are on Amazon. Scam.
But what’s new in the medical industry
But what’s new in the medical industry
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:18 pm to Trevaylin
I just got a new airsense11 thus spring. Was $900
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:19 pm to LoneStar23
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Can't you just lose weight? Like I've never heard of a skinny or fit person having to connect themselves to oxygen to slee
You’re an idiot. Never lifted a day in your life I see
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:23 pm to Trevaylin
Why cant i buy one without a prescription?
The shite is stupid af.
The shite is stupid af.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:25 pm to Klondikekajun
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Anybody try that new surgical implant (maskless) approach to sleep apnea?
Frick having a stimulator if that's the ones you're referring to. Similar to neuro stimulators and I see people all the time that regret getting them.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:39 pm to LoneStar23
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Can't you just lose weight?
They don’t want to hear that baw. No one wants to work hard these days. Just give me the machine doc.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:41 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Another one
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:47 pm to S1C EM
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It's good to see ignorance alive and well, I guess.
That's cute. How much do you weigh and what's your CPAP setting at?
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:04 pm to East Coast Band
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A CPAP doesn't connect you to "oxygen".
Correct, it works on room air, one would have to bleed O2 in via the circuit with a tank or concentrator .
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Some CPAP machines deliver oxygen
Hospital devices do because hospitals have a 50psi source of O2 to operate the units, no home devices operate on O2.
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:09 pm to IndianPower
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Why cant i buy one without a prescription? The shite is stupid af.
The DME is not allowed to sell a device without Dr’s orders after a sleep study.
There can be side effects from a cpap device everywhere from gastric distention to possibly barotrauma from pressures.. It also causes a decrease in venous return, so it can cause issues for pt’s with hypotension.
It’s not like cold medicine.
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 7:36 pm
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:29 pm to LoneStar23
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That's cute. How much do you weigh and what's your CPAP setting at?
My BMI is quite normal to the low side. It has a lot to do with the physiology of the tongue, throat, and airway for many thinner people like myself.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:35 pm to S1C EM
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It's good to see ignorance alive and well, I guess.
Yep.
I worked with two people who weren't fat and had a CPAP. One was 6'5" and the other was a woman with a great body.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:47 pm to Hangover Haven
need to catch up on the technology. the new machines do not have a set pressure as did the classic cpap. Much safer to avoid over and under treating.
Do you work at the same location as greygoose?
Do you work at the same location as greygoose?
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:48 pm to LoneStar23
I'm also good BMI and do plenty of cardio but need a CPAP. I had similar misunderstanding until my doc ordered test because of headaches, fatigue etc... Sleep specialist told me many patients are younger and fit but due to combination of physiology, chronic congestion and suboptimal sleep position due to injuries they develop apnea.
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