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Article by Ken Edwards

What is the first thing you ought to do should you think you have sleep apnea? Call your medical health insurance. Before you subject yourself to any sleep apnea test, be certain you’re financially geared up. I’m not implying you must be really rich. I’m saying you ought to know your medical costs payment options. Most sleep apnea treatment method would cost you thousands of dollars starting with the doctor’s fee, to the sleep test, to the medication and therapy. It could be wise to really know what can be expected so that your treatment procedure is going to be uninterrupted. Sleep apnea is a rather dangerous sleep condition. You can in fact die in your sleep especially if you have a severe case of this sleep ailment. Each and every night that you permit to pass with no remedy is a threat to your life.

Sleep apnea test you may begin at home

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Question by dollparty.geo: DO YOU HAVE A “SLEEP APNEA” MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS?
I have many of the symptoms of night time air way obstruction.as well as some statistically associated medical conditions.
What I am SPECIFICALLY trying to find out by questioning on ANSWERS is: IF YOU HAVE SLEEP STUDY CONFIRMED “SLEEP APNEA”, DID YOU NOTICE, BEFORE YOU STARTED ANY TREATMENT, WAS EXTREME DRYNESS OF LIPS, MOUTH, TONGUE & THROAT A FINDING ON YOUR AWAKENING?

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Once you have been given a tentative diagnosis of sleep apnea or a similar sleep/breathing disorder, an all-night sleep test should be arranged. Proper testing for sleep disorders is important because several sleep disorders have superficial similarities and might be confused with sleep apnea or be incorrectly diagnosed if testing is not done properly. An incorrect diagnosis, leading to incorrect treatment, can be a serious error. For example, medications that are often prescribed for narcolepsy or insomnia can actually worsen sleep apnea, so a correct diagnosis is very important.

Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder in which people have irresistible “sleep attacks” at inappropriate times, somewhat as in sleep apnea. However, narcolepsy is a distinct neurologic disorder with its own characteristic symptoms (cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic hallucinations) not found in sleep apnea.

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What is the first thing you should do if you suspect you have sleep apnea? Call your health insurance. Before you subject yourself to any sleep apnea test, make sure you are financially equipped. I’m not saying you should be filthy rich. I’m saying you should know your medical bills payment options. Most sleep apnea treatment would cost you thousands of dollars from the doctor’s fee, to the sleep test, to the treatment. It would be wise to know what to expect so that your treatment process will be continuous. Sleep apnea is a very dangerous sleep disorder. You can actually die in your sleep especially if you have a severe case of this sleep disorder. Each night that you let pass without treatment is a threat to your life.

Sleep apnea test you can start at home

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Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. Each apnea episode lasts long enough so that one or more breaths are missed, and such episodes occur repeatedly throughout sleep. An apnea episode is typically a minimum 10 second interval between breaths, with either a neurological arousal, a blood oxygen desaturation of 3-4% or greater, or both arousal and desaturation.

An individual with sleep apnea is rarely aware of having difficulty breathing or having sleep apnea even upon awakening. Symptoms may be present for years without identification, during which time the sufferer may become conditioned to the daytime sleepiness and fatigue associated with significant levels of sleep disturbance.

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K, this is my human situation here. lol

Male, age 23. moderate asthma (doesn’t use an inhaler on a regular basis, doesn’t have regular attacks)
just moved to DC where it is hot and humid.

he rarely sweats – almost like he doesn’t have any sweat glands (very strange). because of this he overheats REALLY easily. i can attest to his very hot body temperature when I have already finished cooling down.

also, he seems to often wake up with a headache which he attributes to “not enough oxygen in the air”. it does seem to be worse when it is hot, but to me this almost seems like some sort of sleep apnea, although he is not a very restless sleeper. (How would one treat sleep apnea??)
(I turned off the window AC unit last night after he fell asleep and he woke up at 2AM with a terrible headache)

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My best friends fiance has been having “episodes” for about the past 6 months. Occassionally after meals, he blacks out and losses motor skills. His eyes will shut or start rolling in the back of his head, and he becomes unresponsive unless splashed with water. They last about 30 seconds to 1 min. Last night he had a severe one that lasted about 30 mins. His posture became slouchy, his eyes started rolling around, he began to slowly spin in circles while standing and his tongue was hanging out of his mouth. At the ER they ran a bunch of bloodwork and gave him a catscan. Everything came back normal so they sent him home and his general physician is saying this is nothing to worry about because he has sleep apnea and “after he eats, blood is rushing to his stomach”? Has anyone experienced anything like this before or heard of any medication that might cause similar symptoms? He is ADHD and also has sleep apnea, he doesn’t drink or do drugs. Any suggestions are appreciated!

I have been sleeping 10-14 hours a day. I am always sleepy and tired with no energy. I have alot of stress, deppression (maybe resulting from bad sleeping habits?) I have had alot of tests done, negative for anemia, sleep apnea, thyroids, etc. I have been tested for all the common things. Does anyone have an idea of what this could be? I have had this for about 2 years now.