I’ve been diagnosed with sleep hypoxia (not apnea). Do I need a CPAP machine?
He specifically said I had hypoxia, not apnea. I understand that a CPAP machine helps to keep airways open. My problem specifically is I breathe extremely shallow at night and my blood oxygen levels drop. I fail to see how a CPAP machine will help me with my problem since being able to breathe isn’t the problem, but how deep I draw my breath. Can anyone educate me on how a CPAP machine will help me with sleep hypoxia? I don’t have much faith in my doctor as he seems disinterested in me, putting his head in his hands, looking at my shoes while sitting in a chair and leaning up against a desk.
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If there is no apnea then no, you’d just need oxygen while you sleep BUT did you have a sleep study or did you just wear a pulse ox overnight? The Sleep Study will say yes there are or no there aren’t apneas. The pulse ox will say if there is hypoxia. Before most insurances will even cover a CPAP you’d have to be diagnosed with sleep apnea and have a sleep study. If you want more info feel free to email me, let me know what exactly they did to diagnose you etc and I’ll try to guide you right :)