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- Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:14 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep nasendoscopy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1430
my ENT scoped me years ago, nothing new about the Nasendoscopy exam. A Nasendoscopy is the examination of the nose and upper airways by the use of a small flexible tube (endoscope), this allows a doctor to examine the lining of these areas. The examination looks at the nose (nasal cavity), the back...
- Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:10 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep nasendoscopy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1430
So uhhhh ... if it was not your soft palate, what was it? ... what type of treatment did you end up with? ... did it cure your moderate apnea? - roberto Sorry; didn’t get into details because I just wanted to mention the procedure. I put “moderate” in quotation marks for a reason — my O2 levels don...
- Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:29 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: Sleep nasendoscopy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1430
Sleep nasendoscopy
I’m a relative newcomer to this forum and to CPAP generally, but I thought I’d share part of my experience after searching and seeing nothing similar. To make a long story short, I had several polysomnographies in the US that I felt underestimated my problem. Since the data showed “moderate” apnea l...
- Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:02 am
- Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
- Topic: If you become "CPAP intolerant"
- Replies: 70
- Views: 14178
TAP danger
I don’t know if this thread is dead, so to speak, but I’d just like to add that the dental devices can alter your bite significantly after prolonged use. This happened to me and I’m going to be dealing with the consequences (read: orthodontics) for years to come. It has also been documented in clini...