Suggest Treatment For Sleep Apnea

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2014

Question: I am a 34 year old XXXXXXX XXXXXXX female recently diagnosed with sleep apnea (mild) I went to a sleep lab but could only sleep for 74 minutes and my hyponea was 6 per hour. I don't have high blood pressure or diabetes but I have always snored. The CPAP machine is working okay but Im still sleep during the day. Here are my questions

1. IS 74 minutes of sleep enough time to diagnosis me
2. would a mouth guard work better
3. my BMI is 35. Would loosing weigh help my sleep apnea go away (cure)
4. should I have surgery

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Answers are below

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query.

Below are answers to your questions.

1. IS 74 minutes of sleep enough time to diagnosis me
--No, 90 minutes of sleep is must to study all stages of sleep and to understand the sleep apnea well.

2. would a mouth guard work better
--yes, it does help

3. my BMI is 35. Would loosing weigh help my sleep apnea go away (cure)
--Obviously, there are huge chances of it getting cured if you loose weight

4. should I have surgery
-- I do not see the need. Weight loss can be attempted first.

Hope, I answered your query.

regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (13 minutes later)

If I publish my sleep study report could you take look at it?.,. I wonder why the sleep center didn't ask me to return, both doctors said the data was sufficient to diagnose me.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please upload

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Do attach the report here, i shall comment after having a look at it.

Waiting,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar