does cpap treat flow limitations/hypopneas or record them?

I am confused a bit about flow limitations and hypopneas.

I see them on my graphs, mostly flow limitation spikes etc.. but does cpap treat these or just record them?

does it treat hypopneas too, or just record those as well?


thanks!

elena

All CPAP devices -- not the ASV units -- are preventative meaning they do not treat, they try to prevent apneas and hypopneas based on certain identifiable breathing irregularities. The ASV units ensure you inhale on a prescribed basis, thus might be considered as treating apneas or the failure to breathe.

Muse-Inc wrote:All CPAP devices -- not the ASV units -- are preventative meaning they do not treat, they try to prevent apneas and hypopneas based on certain identifiable breathing irregularities. The ASV units ensure you inhale on a prescribed basis, thus might be considered as treating apneas or the failure to breathe.

Okay, the cpaps are designed to stop apneas, as well as hypopneas.. do they also stop flow limitations, or simply record those..

so, if one might have a lot of flow limitations, one might expect a cpap machine would just record those and not prevent them?