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How important is it to know your pressure setting for your CPAP machine?

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:58:48 +0000

I want to get a CPAP, I’ve been diagnosed with Sleep Apnea, but I couldn’t make the appointment for them to find my correct pressure setting. How important is it to know that pressure setting? I want to buy my own CPAP machine but I don’t know what pressure to set it at.

Help with Doctors and PCOS?

admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:44:20 +0000

So, my sister has recently complained about having irregular periods which she said started years ago but are becoming weirder and weirder. Our Dad died four years ago and both of our periods stopped (probably stress) mine is regular again, but hers is not. She’s 17 and weighs 223 pounds. (She doesn’t look like she...

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My boyfriend has pretty bad sleep apnea. Short of going to a sleep doctor, what options does he have?

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:29 +0000

He snores, stops breathing, and then starts breathing a few seconds later after choking. It is really loud and he doesn’t get a good night sleep because of it. It’s awful trying to sleep anywhere near him because it is so loud. Any advice on OTC or natural options? What works the best? He will...

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Important Decision to Make: SURGERY.?

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:02:33 +0000

I have a pretty major decision to make regarding surgery. I am 17 years old and although I am not overweight (I am 5’11 and 160 pounds, muscular build) I have sleep apnea. I’ve got it pretty badly–in a sleep study I did a few weeks ago, I averaged 7 times an hour in which...

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What kind of doctor deals with kids and babies with sleep apnea?

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:34:13 +0000

Ear nose and throat? Is there another name for ear nose and throat doctor? They don’t have any listed under my insurance plan. The GP refuses to give us an appointment. She said it sounds like nothing by my description. I’d like to punch her in the face. I’m gonna go to straight to the...

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