Did you know that Dressups by Brenda are for CPAP machines?

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CPAP machines are used to treat Sleep Apnea. They are ugly machines, but Dressup by Brenda make them look pretty cool with many patterns to chose from. Someone could have Sleep Apnea and not know it. It should be diagnosed as it can lead to many life-threatening, long-term illnesses. This is not an advertisment, but a plea for all those who are tired all the time, fall asleep at their desk or just drag through the day and don't know why. Sleep Apnea gets worse if untreated. I started falling asleep while driving before I realized something was very wrong. Don't take chances if you think you may have Sleep Apnea. Talk to your doctor. It just could save your life.

More Sleep Apnea Info.
Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition characterized by snoring and daytime sleepiness. People who have sleep apnea complain of being sleepy and tired, they normally snore, they tend to have snorting and stop breathing in their sleep. Frequently, the spouse wakes up because of the snoring and also the stopping of breathing that happens in sleep apnea.

Complaints by Spouses
• Stops breathing at night
• Always tired
• Takes naps daily
• Snoring wakes me up
• I have to get up to shake him/her because he/she stops breathing
• Never wants to do anything because he/she is always tired
• Falls asleep watching TV
• Grinds his/her teeth

Symptoms Related with Sleep Apnea
People with sleep apnea tend to have a lower level of functioning.
Associated findings are:

Increased Weight Gain
Inability to lose weight no matter what they do. This is because your mind is sleepy, so the body never really gets to take active awake state.

Obesity There is direct correlation proven beyond doubt between obesity and sleep apnea. There is a formula related to collar size and sleep apnea. People with sleep apnea and snoring tend to progressively gain weight and cannot lose the weight even with diet and exercise. This is like a vicious cycle because the more weight you gain, the worse is the sleep apnea

Sex & Sleep Apnea People with sleep apnea tend to have fewer relations not only because of excessive sleepiness and being tired by the time intimate time begins, but also because of spouses anxiety of having to fall asleep again next to this person who snores and snorts and drools all night long. Also the spouse sleeps lightly in case the partner stops breathing.


Snoring Snoring is not a benign condition and is normally a sign of underlying sleep apnea. This diagnosis is normally made by doing a sleep study which is described elsewhere and is performed overnight at a sleep lab.

Risk Factors Related to Snoring

• Heart attack
• High blood pressure
• Stroke
• Heart failure
• Increased tiredness
• Sleep apnea

All the cardiovascular risk associated with sleep apnea is present with snoring.

www.dressupsbybrenda.net has more Sleep Apnea info.

Answer 1

Thank you for bringing this message. I, too, have severe OSA and agree that they are "ugly" machines. I hide mine in the drawer of my night stand.

Answer 2

Who cares what it looks like, as long as it works!

Answer 3

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