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Sleep apnea is the medical term for snoring. If you are the one who is experiencing this, have someone check you when you are asleep. This usually happens to fat/obese persons but also happens ( in cases like stress and fatigue ) to normal beings.It is having a hard time breathing. Hope this helps. God bless! ;0

Has there ever been any medical studies on whether or not liposuction of the face and neck areas can improve sleep apnea symptoms? I keep hearing that airway obstruction can often be caused by excessive tissue around the airways, and is common in overweight people.

So – what if someone had most of the excess fat removed from their neck and face through liposuction? Would that take some of the pressure off the airway and allow it to open up a little bit? Or is this just a pipe dream? (pardon the pun)

Just stay awake, it’s easier, and sleep is way over-rated anyways. You can sleep when yer dead. I’ve heard of a converted "Red-neck", but never a converted "Fat-neck".

I GO TO SLEEP NORMALLY BUT I WAKE UP EVERYNIGHT NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATH, AS IF THERE IS PRESSURE CLOSING ME UP. THE ONLY WAY I AM ABLE TO BREATH OK AT NIGHT TO GET SLEEP IS BY PUTTING MY FINGER IN MY MOUTH AND FALLING ASLEEP WITH MY MOUTH OPEN(FINGER BEING A PRYBAR ALMOST) CAN NOT BREATH THROUGH MY NOSE AT ALL AND I AM NOT STUFFY OR DO NOT HAVE SINUS PROBLEMS THAT I KNOW OF. SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BITTEN MY FINGER OFF. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS VERY STRANGE , BUT I HAVE NO INSUR. TO GO TO DR. SO I GUESS I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE OUT THERE KNOWS IF I AM OK OR DO I NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GO TO DR. THANKS

Well i work for a company who specializes in people who have Sleep Apnea. Some of the symptoms are not being able to breath at night. All of our patient state that they stop breathing. They experience Daytime Sleepiness. Feel tired and sleepy all the time. Patient with Sleep Apnea experience difficult concentrating,overweight,heavy snoring,gasping for air. Also waking up tired. Some even fall asleep while they are driving. You should really see a Dr for this. This is very serious you need to take care of it. Their is a machine that helps you it is called a Cpap machine. Your Dr should help you with having them do a payment plan. He will probably send you to do a Sleep Study test. They do two studies, one called a Cpap titration and a polysomnography. The first night they will put you on a Cpap machine and then the next night you will be off of it. That way they can determine how bad your Sleep Apnea is.

I get up a lot to pee at night. I wake up gasping for air. I snore until I wake up gasping for air. I’m exhausted daily…. but I also seem to get itchy down there every night too.. is that a sleep apnea symptom???

as embarrassing as it is to admit,…..yup!

you need to get a sleep study done, get a CPAP machine that will help you with the apnea at night. you’ll be well rested-have energybonanza, be alert all day, not have to get up a gajillion times each night running to the rest room pee, and the itchies go away!!!

also, once you have a CPAP machine, you get a discount on your electric bill anywhere in the u.s.

p.s. most health insurances cover this but you may have to get a referral from your normal doctor first

I’ve tried cleaning every part of the machine, tank, mask, hoses. (It has a passover humidifier) Changing the air filter, cleaning the room, the bedding, etc, hasn’t made any difference. It’s definitly the CPAP, not just another allergy, because if I don’t use it one night, the symptoms clear up, and return immediatley when it’s used again. Allergy meds don’t help at all! Can anybody relate or help me?

When was you mask/nasal pillows last replaced? They need to be replaced every 6 months. Hubby is experiencing the same thing at times and I reminded him that he doesn’t clean his nasal pillows often enough and that he needs to get them replaced as he is long overdue to replace them. Also you may need to have you hoses replaced too. Call the place that supplies you machine and make an appointment to get it checked out. Also you didn’t say what you used to clean it but this too is something you should ask about when you to get your machine checked out. Be sure the water you use in your humidifier portion is distilled water and not tap water. Good Luck. When you find out what the problem was let everyone know as this useful information.

I am very fatigued during the day and do not have energy, I am a little shakey and not super happy and energetic like I used to be.

At the height of my sleep apnea, the symptoms were;
heavy loud snoring,
teeth grinding,
getting up frequently at night to urinate urgently,
feeling groggy/logy most of the day,
falling asleep mid lecture (if sitting down),
falling asleep at odd times & then popping back up realizing i was asleep,
falling asleep while driving (scary)
getting home from work & napping until it was time to go to bed,

Get a sleep study done asap! apnea is life threatening!
i now sleep using a CPAP/BIPAP machine & virtually all those symptoms are gone!

Has anyone who’s served in OIF/OEF been diagnosed with sleep apnea since their return from deployment? My husband has been home a little over a year now and since his return I have not had a good nights sleep. He tosses and turns, kicks and sometimes punches all while in a deep sleep. I tell him about it the next morning and he remembers nothing. He sought help from the VA who diagnosed him with sleep apnea. He was given a C-Pap machine which does absolutely no good for the tossing and turning. Now his (National Guard) unit is getting ready to deploy again and he found out that several other soldiers were also diagnosed with sleep apnea since the last deployment.(all of them are flagged for the moment) Does this sound familiar to anyone? I would love to hear from any wives that might be dealing with this same type of situation. I refuse to sleep on the couch or in another bed. I waited a long time to be able to sleep next to him and I will not give that up. The lack of sleep I have had this past year is taking a big toll on my body and I’m not sure what to do at this point. Any ones advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank all!

The whole Sleep Apnea thing is a con, as far as I’m concerned.

I went in for a sleep study, and the first thing the Doc said during the initial examination was "You need to have your tonsils taken out." I did the sleep study, and of course, I need a CPAP machine. No mention was made of taking my tonsils out, which seemed to me to be a more permanent and practical choice instead of being hooked-up to a CPAP machine for the rest of my life.

I gave up on it after a week.

After a few years, I went to an EENT Doc, who told me the same thing the Doc at the sleep center told me, which is I need to get my tonsils taken out (actually, all of my soft pallet would be taken out). I’m making plans to do it right now.

I’m no Doc, but it sounds like your hubby may suffer from something PTSD related, not sleep apnea.

don’t just say go to the doctor as he was wrong and I wore cpap for 3 years and they later found after years of my insisting the results from the sleep study were not right (as I only slept a half hour due to them testing me when I normally was awake (I havedelayed sleep phase syndrome and am up in daytime) and finally convincing them to repeat it when I normally slept) they found that for three years I was getting almost NO rem sleep or stage three or four restorative sleep and the setting was way too low and although I looked like I was sleeping had essentially no benefits from sleep and still had all symptoms of sleep apnea..so I don’t trust them..even after they upped setting– still no benefits I can detect except no morning headaches

Now I have a new machine that can be set higher and want to know HOW can I tell if it is TOO high. The tecnicians said I’d have chest pains and not be able to sleep or fall asleep..anything else or more details on this is what I m seeking.Thanks

At higher than optimal pressures, many things can occur. Such as, headaches, pain in the throat or sinuses, pain in the chest and lungs, aerophagia, bleeding ears, bleeding nose, and the irritation that comes from difficulty in exhaling comfortably.

At lower than optimal pressures you may experience daytime sleepiness, wake up feeling unrefreshed, snoring, untreated apnea.
hope you soon feel better!

You need to have someone to observe you sleeping,else you won’t know what to report to the MD. You will notice feeling more tired do to the lack of uninterrupted sleep,sore dry throat,due to mouth breathing and snoring,caused by the tissues in the back of your throat collapsing and obstructing your airway.There are 2 types of sleep apnea syndromes.",Obstructive" caused by a blockage in the throat or upper airway."Central sleep apnea" is caused by a dysfunction in part of the brain that controls breathing,allows low levels of oxygen or high levels of carbon dioxide to build up in the blood,allowing the reduced sensitivity to cause the disruption of normal breathing patterns.The only way to find out for sure is to your MD to perform a "sleep study" in a sleep lab with a qualified specialist . Take care. SW RNP.

What are symptoms of sleep apnea? I’m 14 and am overweight. I always feel tired even though I get 8 hours of sleep everyday.

sleep apnae is where your breathing slows whilst your asleep and your saturation (how much oxygen) is in your lungs goes down. it should be 100% at your age. if you think this is a problem then see your GP as this can be very serious. he may say to try to lose some weight, but he can hook you up to a machine whilst your asleep to check. my son had this and it was his adenoids that were the problem. yours are probably shrinking by now so its probably another cause. possibly your weight. See you doctor.