CPAP Therapy Reviews

CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure, is used to treat obstructive sleep apnea or OSA.  OSA occurs when the tongue or other tissue in the back of the throat closes off the airway during sleep. Many people have sleep apnea and don't even know it.  Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness and loud snoring.  Left untreated OSA can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and diabetes.

Along with lifestyle changes, CPAP therapy is the most common treatment.  A machine blows air through a hose into the nose.  This keeps the airway from closing off and causing...

I've snored (Loudly) since my late teens & just one of those heriditary things you get to taunt your folks about during get togethers & such. In my late 40's I started to get headaches in the morning & started dozing off in the afternoon & even driving home which became a concern. My doctor recommended a sleep apnea test which indicated that I stopped breathing dozens of times & never reached the level of sleep I should be getting. Without surgery or the Cpap machine, the snoring & apnea would basically cause heart & other stress to my inards. Since apparently we need oxygen to survive, I decided...