Weight loss and CPAP

garyland · Post by **garyland** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:20 am

bookwrm63 · Post by **bookwrm63** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:56 am

Gary,

I voted "Anyone's Guess" because it is just that. Some people's OSA is just too severe to be helped my weight loss. My sleep doc told me from the onset that while weight loss may help some, it will not help everyone. Sure enough, I lost 80lbs. and my pressure went UP! Go figure...oh well. I hope you fall into the category that is helped by weight loss though.

Good luck!

Mary

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:19 pm

I'm 5'6 1/2" weigh 135 and wear size 8. I have OSA with a pressure of 9.5. I don't think weight loss will cure OSA, I think it may help in some cases though.

Brenda

Elle · Post by **Elle** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:22 pm

I lost 100 lbs this year and my doc told me it wouldn't make a difference. there are a lot of overweight people who don't have OSA

Sleepy-eyes · Post by **Sleepy-eyes** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:25 pm

Being overweight simply adds to the problem of OSA..........doesn't cause it. So losing the weight isn't going to cure it either. As we get older (and if we are lucky enough, we all do) the muscles in our throats become softer. There is more tissue to cause the obstructions. So we snore, snort, and make all sorts of rude noises in our sleep.

garyland · Post by **garyland** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:31 pm

Oh well, I need to lose weight any way. I'm a porker!

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