Here was a chance for actual medical doctors to strike a blow to the public's ignorance, fear, and revulsion about CPAP therapy. If they had just presented it as a very helpful and appropriate treatment for snoring caused by OSA, and also if they had only talked about the dangers of not treating OSA, it might have been a step towards getting the public educated and also less biased against this therapy.
What a disappointment.
A link to the show synopsis, and here is what they have about snoring:
That last paragraph is pretty much all they said about treatment. Bummer. Maybe they are ignorant, too.Stop the Snoring
Arti, 32, keeps his wife, 31-year-old Nitin, awake all night long, but for all the wrong reasons! His loud snoring echoes through their house, scares their two children and has even forced the couple to sleep in separate beds for the last two years.
Snoring affects 37 million Americans, with 42 percent of men being regular snorers, as opposed to just 31 percent of women. “That’s because women have larger airwayes, and we usually don’t get obese around our necks,” Dr. Lisa says.
In addition to short, thick necks, other causes of snoring include obesity, excessive alcohol consumption, abnormalities in the nose and throat and sleep apnea, which Arti suffers from. “You’re not getting enough sleep,” Dr. Jim says. “If you’re snoring that badly and having apnea, you are not getting a good night’s sleep every night, so you’re living life chronically sleep-deprived, and that’s going to affect your weight. It can eventually affect your heart, so you really need to deal with this, and there are things you can do to lower the effects of the snoring.”
Ways to reduce snoring include sleeping on your side, avoiding alcohol before bed, exercising and losing weight. Surgical procedures are also available to fix a deviated septum, a floppy soft palate and other possible issues that cause snoring.
