Re: OT do any of you have sleep apnea

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:28:37 -0700, hopitus wrote:

On Aug 9, 8:09 pm, "Kathy" <kathyb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
breathing' if they wanted to; the anesthesia specialist doc is right
at their head
monitoring all systems. What I did hear, long ago - hopefully no
longer a risk -
was that adult tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy surgical patients did
have a definite possibility of hemorrhage more frequently post-op.

I had my tonsils/Adenoids out when I was 10 or 11. I hemorrhaged. It
was the least damaging thing that happened to me over two years then.
And now I have apnea. I joined an apnea group that gave me a med alert
necklace that warns that I am on a CPAP machine. Of the two, I  would
be that even with your tonsils out, you'd need the machine. Good luck.
It gets easier  the longer you use it. I'm due for a check up with my
sleep doctor soon.... Kathy >^..^< (sans Woodgie)

As I said before, I know nothing about this disease or its remedial
machine or
whatever mask, etc. Tonsils/adenoids I do know. I assume the apnea
problem
may or may not be caused by overgrowths of either or both of these. It
must
be scary either being or sleeping next to someone who could just check
out
by quitting breathing.

I have also seen mention of an oral appliance for apnea patients that
restrains the tongue, suggesting that, in at least some cases, the
problem is the tongue flopping to the back of the mouth. In my case, my
tonsils were removed when I was a small child, and, as far as I know,
they have not grown back.

Snoring is not necessarily a sign of sleep apnea. The distinguishing
factor is intermittent failures to breath.

There are two main types of chronic sleep apnea: obstructive sleep apnea
(most common), in which the airway is physically blocked off, and central
sleep apnea, in which the brain center that triggers inhalation fails to
do so. In each type, it is rare for someone to stop breathing long
enough to directly cause death. Instead, the problem is that the chronic
shortage of oxygen in circulation, and the partial rousing caused by the
gasp that gets breathing going again in someone with obstructive sleep
apnea, stresses the body, leading to higher risk of high blood pressure,
strokes, diabetes, heart attacks, etc. The human body is not designed to
have high levels of stress hormones in circulation all of the time.

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