Alzheimer's and CPAP

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Barb (Seattle)
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Alzheimer's and CPAP

Post by Barb (Seattle) » Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:05 am

keep on using your CPAP


http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/05/health/al ... index.html
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Re: Alzheimer's and CPAP

Post by chunkyfrog » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:54 am

And, please help the Alzheimers patient to keep using their cpap, as long as it does not cause undue anxiety.
Once dementia kicks in to where it's a fight, it is cruel to force treatment.

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Re: Alzheimer's and CPAP

Post by SewTired » Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:20 am

Well, it's interesting. However, remember the aluminum dust up years ago? It was a RESULT of Alzheimer's or Autism and not a cause. Took a bunch of studies to prove that. I would say the same will be here - the Alzheimer's came first and the disturbed sleep later. Hard to say as I haven't done any real research on it. There are zero cases of Alzheimer's in my extended family and one case of dementia (likely from a stroke). Lots of folks who don't sleep well however.

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