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Learn about Sleep Apnea, why you may need CPAP and what it takes to get the right one!
The symptoms and side affects of Sleep Apnea are enough to make you want to throw in the towel. Still the health risks associated with this breathing problem make addressing Sleep Apnea a life and death decision. CPAP can help, and this community and resource can help you understand the What, the Why and the How when it comes to treating sleep apnea with CPAP. There are many choices to make when selecting a CPAP machine. CPAP (pronounced see-pap) is an acronym for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. The term CPAP is used two ways. One way is literal, indicating a straight CPAP machine with a constant pressure. The other way is generic, indicating two other types of PAP machines, including bilevel PAP (with one pressure for inhalation and one for exhalation) and auto-adjusting PAP (APAP with self-adjusting pressure based on your body’s requirements , and auto-adjusting bilevel.) To start at the very beginning and learn about sleep apnea, read more here: [1]