Is this sleep apnea? ?
Whenever my friend sleeps, she snores, but sometimes she inhales so largely that she seems to lose her breath, and it takes a few minutes for her to get it back. Whenever i sleep over, usually if i just poke her in the stomach she can regain her breath pretty quickly. She lives on her own, and she refuses to get tests done. I’m afraid one of these nights, she’s gonna completely lose her breath while sleeping and not regain it back. Is this sleep apnea? What can I do to help her?
No. she’s not overweight, she’s pretty physically fit. Just FYI cuz you asked lol
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If it’s not sleep apnea she at least has some sort of airway blockage (is she overweight?). I saw a device at Wal-Mart that you put in your mouth when you sleep to pull the jaw forward to keep the airway open, that might help. She really needs to have a sleep evaluation to see exactly what the problem is. Sleep apnea can cause a whole host of health problems the worst being with the heart.
I wouldn’t get anything at walmart or any drug store until she gets tested. It sounds like sleep apnea, but needs to get an eval probably in a sleep lab. Usual management for apnea is a CPAP machine-breathing machine used at night
The only true way of knowing is to have a sleep study or have someone who know what they are looking at observe it. The OTC stuff does not help. Think people can have sleep apnea. Visit
sleepnet.com