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What Other Options Do I Have if I'm on a CPAP Machine?
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines are used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA occurs when the tongue falls back over the airway or when airway muscles and tissues like the...
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Cutting Edge Cures for Snoring
Snoring can disturb your sleep and may even increase your risk of health problems. According to the American Academy of Otolaryngology, about 45 percent of adults experience occasional episodes of...
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Sleep Paraylsis Remedies
Sleep paralysis, a condition in which a person experiences an inability to make voluntary movements when falling asleep or awakening, is a type of sleep disorder called a parasomnia. Sleep paralysis is...
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Alternatives for CPAP Devices
Sleep apnea is a potentially dangerous condition in which the patient's throat muscles relax, the airway becomes obstructed, and the patient intermittently stops breathing. A Continuous Positive Airway...
View ArticleCPAP Cleaning Requirements
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment can have an enormous positive impact on the life of someone suffering from obstructive sleep apnea. But as with any medical treatment, the use of...
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How do I Use CPAP on Foreign Electrical Currents?
If you're on Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy, traveling with your machine can pose some challenges. If you're visiting a country that does not use the same standard voltage and...
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How to Adjust to CPAP Therapy
CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure. A CPAP machine is used to treat sleep apnea, a condition that causes sufferers to stop breathing for short periods several times a night. Because a...
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TV Watching & Sleep Problems
Sleep studies, such as one conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, have discovered evidence suggesting that TV watching may be linked to sleep problems in both adults and children.
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How to Fall Asleep When You Quit Smoking
There are several health benefits to kicking the cigarette habit. Quitting smoking lowers your risk of heart disease and can reduce your likelihood of becoming sick with lung or oral cancer....
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CPAP Tips for Comfort
CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machines give sleep apnea sufferers a new lease on life. People with sleep apnea stop breathing for short periods up to dozens of times a night. The small...
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Teen Sleeping Issues
Teens are more likely to have some sleep problems because of their age, such as insomnia, nightmares and delayed sleep phase syndrome. Other conditions, such as narcolepsy and restless legs syndrome,...
View ArticleStyles of CPAP Machines
Obstructive sleep apnea is a partial or total collapse of the airway. This can happen as few as five times per hour or more than thirty times per hour; each occurrence is known as an apnea. Every apnea...
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Treatment for Dry Mouth From Breathing Through the Mouth While Sleeping
If you sleep with your mouth open, you might be prone to snoring. You could also experience the discomfort of dry mouth as a result of breathing through your mouth at night.
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How do I Use a SAD Light Box for a 3rd Shift Worker?
People who have seasonal affective disorder, SAD, often use a light box, also known as light therapy, to treat symptoms of the problems. A light box mimics natural sunlight by emitting a light into the...
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Natural Remedies for Sleep Deprivation
After several weeks of getting out of bed feeling like you never slept, you may be suffering from sleep deprivation. Sleep is necessary for you to perform daily tasks, such as working; so even a...
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The History of Hypnotics
Hypnotics are psychoactive drugs used to induce sleep. Alcohol, opium and Valerian root have been used as hypnotics for centuries. Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are two of the more commonly...
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Snoring Remedies for Children
According to Medical News Today, snoring affects 11 to 12 percent of children between the ages of one and nine. Fortunately, most cases of childhood snoring can be treated at home. According to the...
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Auto CPAP Benefits
Unlike older Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) devices, auto CPAP constantly adjusts the air pressure delivered at the mast, according to the needs of the patient. Auto CPAP machines deliver...
View ArticleSupplies for a CPAP Machine
Sleep apnea, a breathing disorder that occurs during sleep, can be effectively treated with the use of CPAP, which means continuous positive airway pressure. Patients can purchase CPAP machines with a...
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