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Jlfinkels wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:42 pm

My Dutch is a bit rough but…

Signalweeregave = signal display
Druk = busy
Duur periodeke ademhaling = Duration of periodic breathing
Ademflow = breathing flow
Snurken = snoring
Lekkage = leakage
Duur diepe slaap = duration deep sleep
Aandeel diepe slaap = portion deep sleep

The rest should be fairly intuitive. I can’t help with the analysis, will leave that to the smart kids…

rick blaine wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 6:39 pm

Hi Ric28,

To help with diagnosis, I have sent you, as a private message on this forum, the text of an HVS questionnaire which was compiled by two Dutch researchers back in the 1980s.

It is 'standardised' – meaning that it was given to a group of patients who had already been identified as clearly having HVS, and the 24 items in it are generally accepted identifiers.

After you have considered each item, and placed a tick by it if it applies to you, and after you have done that for every item on the list, add up your score.

A score of 16, or more, out of 24 is considered highly indicative of HVS.

Now, I know doctors these days have a tough job with patients coming in brandishing some alarming but irrelevant info that they've found on the internet. But this is a proper test instrument which comes from pre-internet days.

And if you do score 16 or more, and if you feel it is acceptable to show this test to your doctor, then I would hope he or she would see the wisdom of referring you on to an HVS specialist for their opinion.

Ric28 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 2:22 pm

So I was at the doctor's yesterday and I was kinda expecting it myself, since my sleep felt alright the last few days but I was still extremly tired. The mask is not really bothering me, I only woke up a few times but went back to sleep right after. But It feels like my symptoms are not from the Sleep Apnea. She advised me to keep using my CPAP because it's doing something, I also feel that way. Especially the dizziness/headache in the morning is gone. And I'm kinda used to it already so I don't mind using it even if it helps a little.

She also gave me detailed resulsts from my last 2 weeks, I could not get these myself since I don't have the according software but I do have the results. Only downside is, they are in Dutch but I believe they're quite clear. I have more information if these 3 nights aren't enough, but from what I could see (as a newbie) this would be enough.

If anything needs translation I could do it but I guess Google Translate could work aswell. I don't know what we're looking at, the doc said it all looked good so.

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