re: Sleep apnea cases increasing. Why? You guessed it…

cause people have become fatty mcfat fat

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My dreams wake me up on some real shite

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real talk, when you actually sleep good, u wont remember your dreams. Im 6ft 180lbs not obese. I've been using an apap for 5 yrs. Best decision I ever made.

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Totally Man. Snoring hasn't been something noted and talked about for all of history.

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There is a difference between snoring and stopping breathing when you sleep. People have lived since the dawn of time without sleeping machines. You don't need to be hooked up to a ventilator for snoring...unless you are somehow more comfortable sleeping with scuba gear on lol. I'd rather just snore.

Fatties on apnea machines actually stop breathing. Every single person I know that uses an apnea machine is obese except for one and that person takes too many pain pills. Some people use apnea machines due to taking opiate pain pills which drastically worsens the problem.

If I take an opiate within 6 hours of sleep I get apnea and wake up gasping for air. Thankfully I know its the opiates so I don't take any after 4pm.

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There is no coloration between sleep apnea and obesity......sleep apnea can affect anyone, no mater what their weight or size is

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Been in this business for over 26 years. I have fighter pilots on CPAP for OSA. One of the worst cases I've seen recently, is a guy who is in pretty good shape. All that being said, a dude that is middle aged or more, and overweight, 100% has sleep apnea.

If your snore, you probably have sleep apnea. If you routinely wake up with a headache, or you have a lot of fatigue in the afternoon, you probably have sleep apnea.

Is it harder on women and people of color?

Did not read the article.

How much more in taxes will solve it?

I read the entire article. I have a background in science. There is no real science in this study/article. The study utilized a sensor placed under the mattress that measured the severity of the sleep apnea. That concept is extremely suspicious. The device was described in the article as FDA "cleared", NOT FDA "approved." There's a difference. "Cleared" means the device does't do an harm. "Approved" means there's sufficient science to recommend use of the device.

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Not everyone that is obese has sleep apnea and not everyone that has sleep apnea is obese......thats my point

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That's not what you said. You said "there's no correlation between sleep apnea and obesity", which is 100% false, no matter what you meant to say.

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The association between obstructive sleep apnea and obesity is very strong. Approximately 70% of individuals who have OSA are obese,1 and conversely 50% of obese individuals have OSA.

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They are increasing because of sleep studies and the need of those in the industry to make mortgage payments. It is a scam. My father is 85 years old...his health care professionals all maintain that he will die if he does not use his C-Pap machine....yet, when he is in their care....he has been in either a hospital or a rehab facility 12 of the last 18 months, they will not let him use his C-Pap machine because it isn't necessary. This may be due to them being there and his oxygen levels being monitored except they ain't....of the 12 months he has been in either place he has been on oxygen monitoring about 10 days. People have been snoring forever and people have been dying forever. I would bet that the number of people who are told they need a sleep study who do not wind up being diagnosed with sleep apnea can be counted on one's fingers and toes.....