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How To Treat Sleep Apnea?

My fiance has sleep apnea badly she is a hispanic female 45. I am a wounded veteran and have very limited funds from the government. All my medical is done by the VA hospital with all my surgeries she has to obtain insurance due to me unable to pay many of bills I have. Thanks I don,t have the money and I am sorry I maybe wasted your time. I apologize. She awakes many times and puts her pinky as deep as she can and shakes her finger very rapidly to try and get to itch, but to no avail. She is about 5 6 about 260 lbs. The apnea may be part due to the intense long drawn snoring which eventually goes to her not breathing for 10 to 20 seconds maybe once a minute or two. Her snoring may have to do with this issue because she will awake and then try to get to itch in inner ear. I know the apnea is the major concern gastric bypass and other treatments were discussed but I stay awake every night as long as 5 in the morning just to scratch her head so she will not stop breathing so much. The snoring is the most intense I ever heard and I was in the sevice with some big boys that I thought was loud they are not even close to her. If any of you can maybe help me help her I would be grateful and I would be indebited to anyone who would help. T. Fitzgerald
Fri, 7 Aug 2015
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I read your question carefully and I understand your concern.

Judging from your fiancee's height and weight it is obvious she is obese. Obesity is one of the main contributors to sleep apnea. The snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea not the cause. There may be other possible contributors like airway abnormalities, but obesity can be the cause by itself.
So the first step in her management should be losing weight. That alone may be enough to help her. If that is not enough there are CPAP devices which are used during the night, but since I don't know whether you can obtain that you can start by addressing the weight issue.

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How To Treat Sleep Apnea?

I read your question carefully and I understand your concern. Judging from your fiancee s height and weight it is obvious she is obese. Obesity is one of the main contributors to sleep apnea. The snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea not the cause. There may be other possible contributors like airway abnormalities, but obesity can be the cause by itself. So the first step in her management should be losing weight. That alone may be enough to help her. If that is not enough there are CPAP devices which are used during the night, but since I don t know whether you can obtain that you can start by addressing the weight issue. I hope to have been of help.