Diagnosing a possible OSA on my brother

Hi all,

I have been suspecting OSA also on my brother. He has been with severely degraded cognitive function since 15 years, was very easily getting anger, with head ache, memory loss, ... He truly became crazy, but in the country where I was born medi care is terrible. My family had to suffer his personality altering.

Luckily now he becomes better.

I, since the discovery of OSA, tend to suspect OSA on him as well: he is snoring like an airplane.

But, the latest oxygen check from a CMS-50I shows no oxygen degradation, and a sound recording does not show a stopping of snoring sometime every minute.

Since he lives in another country, I was not able to let him try my CPAP machine.

Shall I upload his snoring here, what else can I try ?

Everything in my country is close to being terrible, communication with the doctors is also difficult.

So I have to find the way to help him myself.

Thanks

At least encourage him to not sleep on his back, to try wearing a backpack with towels inside to keep him on his side.

Remember there are other related things to OSA - like UARS.
I haven't been diagnosed with OSA - (actually, I probably could be now with my latest CPAP data, but that's another thread!), and my O2 didn't drop through my sleep study.
However, I was diagnosed with a "narrow airway" - and worse in REM sleep, so I wasn't really ever getting any.
I have no idea where he lives (or where you live) - but when you next catch up, maybe you could give him a go and see how he feels the next day?

It might help if you name the country. I assume that you no longer live in that country. Hopefully, he has reliable electricity.

BTW, if you're afraid to name the country, you can write me privately.

If you can't get him to a sleep lab,he can use an APAP, setting the low number to 11 and the high number to 20. If the conditions in the country in question are as you describe, I don't think that there should be any issue with needing a prescription.

That is completely irresponsible! You don't advise someone you know nothing about to get a random machine who knows where and just start out setting it at 11! That's dangerous and you should never do that!

Julie wrote:At least encourage him to not sleep on his back, to try wearing a backpack with towels inside to keep him on his side.

Good advice. Thanks.

D.H. wrote:I assume that you no longer live in that country. Hopefully, he has reliable electricity

Yeah, it has reliable electricity.

reolhlains wrote:Remember there are other related things to OSA - like UARS.

Yeah, given that UARS does not cause O2 droping, this is smt to look into.