Can the sleep apnea get better overtime with the mask machine(cpap)?
May 12th, 2011
Can the mask eventually open up the airway overtime without using it anymore? I feel a little bit better and sometimes I feel like i dont have to use it.
In general, no. It merely supports the airway and does not change it in any way. But then I don’t know anything about you or your type of sleep apnea so I can only surmise that most patients improve on CPAP therapy but will always need it.
If you were extremely obese and lost a lot of weight the sleep apnea could improve but otherwise not likely. It would be best to ask your pulmonologist about it. He/she would know your particular case and what the chances might be.
God bless.
May 12th, 2011 at 11:45 am
In general, no. It merely supports the airway and does not change it in any way. But then I don’t know anything about you or your type of sleep apnea so I can only surmise that most patients improve on CPAP therapy but will always need it.
If you were extremely obese and lost a lot of weight the sleep apnea could improve but otherwise not likely. It would be best to ask your pulmonologist about it. He/she would know your particular case and what the chances might be.
God bless.
References :
May 12th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
I want to remind you that when you stop using your CPAP or other treatment of sleep apnea, your sleeping breathing disorder symptoms will return.
Today there is no cure for sleep apnea, only therapy to eliminate the symptoms such as excessive daytime sleepiness, snoring, stroke, heart attacks.
I was happy when I saw that I feel cured, and I stop using CPAP therapy. I was surpised to know from my fiancee that in the following night I started to stop breathing in sleep. So I continued to use CPAP every night.
I wrote more details about CPAP on this site:
http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com
I hope you will be pleased about the information you’ll find here.
References :
http://www.sleep-apnea-guide.com