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How To Overcome My Sleep Apnea Problem?
I have an infected eye. The doctor says it is from scratching it against the pillows and sheets. I have sleep apnea, and wwhen I awake briefly that is wwhen I scratch. I have tried to use tyhe CPAP machine, ut I can not do it. I have been told surgery won t help my particuoaar case. Is their anything I can do about the apnea, or to protect my eyes while I see? Thank you
Mon, 3 Mar 2014
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your query. I presume you have undergone sleep studies (polysomnography) and the sleep apnea was confirmed by that.
CPAP is the best treatment, and you can have a few trials of sleep with that machine.
If you are overweight, then, it is useful to shed a few kilos, to get rid of sleep apnea.
Uvulo-palato-pharyngo plasty (UPPP) is one of the common surgeries that can help a person with sleep apnea.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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Thank you for posting your query.
I have noted your query. I presume you have undergone sleep studies (polysomnography) and the sleep apnea was confirmed by that.
CPAP is the best treatment, and you can have a few trials of sleep with that machine.
If you are overweight, then, it is useful to shed a few kilos, to get rid of sleep apnea.
Uvulo-palato-pharyngo plasty (UPPP) is one of the common surgeries that can help a person with sleep apnea.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
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