Sleep Deprivation Using CPAP

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chris_3503
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Sleep Deprivation Using CPAP

Post by chris_3503 » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:19 am

Hello,

As i was browsing the web, i found one article regarding how to treat sleep deprivation using CPAP. Check it out lemme know your comments about this article...
http://aboutsleepdisorders.blogspot.com ... using.html




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Types of sleep apnea

Post by chris_3503 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:21 am

Hello Members,

I found one more article regarding types of sleep apnea in the above blog, does the forum members have any idea about the types of sleep apnea? lemme know, i will be waiting for your replies. The article can be found here. http://aboutsleepdisorders.blogspot.com ... apnea.html



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Post by blarg » Sat Jan 20, 2007 5:49 am

We have many ideas about the types of sleep apnea, but you'll probably have better luck by asking a more specific question.

Types of apnea:
Obstructive - Airway closes
Central - Brain stops telling lungs to breathe.
Mixed - Combination of the above.

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Hello blarg

Post by chris_3503 » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:30 am

Hello blarg,

Thanks for the reply blarg. what kind of symptoms occur while suffering from third type i.e. mixed..? waitin for your reply.



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Post by blarg » Sat Jan 20, 2007 6:24 pm

The symptoms between the types of apnea are largely the same, it's just that the causes are different.

During a mixed apnea, an event starts out as obstructive and then the brain "gives up" and stops trying, turning it into a central event. People that suffer from central apnea don't wake up gasping, etc, but neither did I and I have purely obstructive.

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Post by telly » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:10 am

blarg wrote:People that suffer from central apnea don't wake up gasping, etc, but neither did I and I have purely obstructive.
If you did serious drinking many nights in a row, you'd eventually happen upon the ol' gasp-er-oo. Trust me, you don't want to go there.
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Post by blarg » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:34 am

lol, yeah, I've never had a hangover, so I dunno what would happen if I participated in lots of drunken debauchery without my trusty APAP.


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Post by chris_3503 » Sun Jan 21, 2007 11:33 am

Hello blarg & telly thanks for sharing your ideas and advices,i found so much stuff regarding sleep apnea in a sleep disorders site, hope this is going to be useful for our forum members.
http://www.sleepdisordersguide.com/sleepapnea/home.html




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chris