anybody know if there's a cure for sleepabnia i think its called where you stop breathing while your asleep?

Answer 1

First off, you need to talk with your MD and get tested at a sleep disorder clinic. If you don't want to do that, sleep on your side, don't eat or drink alcohol late at night, and you might want to buy those breatheright nasal strips.

BUT, the best thing to do is see your MD for proper diagnosis and treatment.

Answer 2

Most victims of sleep apnoea seem to be either overweight or in the high BMI range. If this applies to you or the person you're concerned about, the best course of action to take is to reduce the weight so that the BMI falls in the lower half of the safe range, i.e., from 18.5 to 22. Go to http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/, enter the height and current weight to get the current BMI. Then play with the weight number to get the BMI below 22, and use that as a target for weight reduction.

Losing weight involves both calorie cutback and aerobic/cardio exercise (30-45 minutes per day). Consumer Reports recently rated the Volumetrics Eating Plan as the best approach to weight-loss dieting. Simply put, for each food, calculate the caloric density by dividing the number of calories in a serving by the weight of the serving. Then you focus your attention on eating more low-density foods than high-density ones. They fill you up sooner, so your calorie intake drops, and you lose weight. You can continue the plan indefinitely (after you get to your desired weight, just add a few high density foods to maintain it), so this diet has a good chance to keep you at your desired weight once you get there. There is a book available, "The Volumetrics Eating Plan", published this year.

The other common recommendation is to avoid high alcohol consumption, and avoid all alcohol in the evenings after dinner time. (A glass with dinner should be OK.) The "nose opener" strips will not help very much, because the problem lies in the throat, not in the nose.

Answer 3

There's a device which costs about £400 called a CPAP. It's possible that it might be available on the NHS in years to come.
The most important thing to help reduce sleep apnoea is to lose weight, don't drink alcohol to excess (even moderate drinking is harmful), don't smoke and don't sleep on your back.

Answer 4

I've seen a couple o' documentaries on the subject. Looks like there is no absolute cure but some of the folk do quite well on various pills. Guid luck!!!!

Answer 5

If you've been diagnosed with sleep apnea, you will be assessed for the treatment that will be most suitable for you.
Assuming you mean obstructive sleep apnea, a common treatment is CPAP - a mask you wear over your nose usually, and connected via plastic tubing to a machine kept on your bedside table.
It delivers a stream of air into your airways under slight pressure to prevent them from collapsing in on themselves while you breathe- this is often a common cause of obstructive sleep apnea.

Here's a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPAP

Answer 6

Personally, I suspect the Yahoo office is run by some very tired little guy all on his own - so we can't really deny him a bathroom break, can we? I'm going to just take his example and use that time for my break also.

Answer 7

sleep apnoea: my dad has this, i think there's a thing called 'help stop snoring' from boots or similar, which helps a little, but its not a complete cure

Answer 8

It's sleep apnea.
Mostly common in people overweight.
I would visit your GP and get professional advice as i'm sure treatment is variable with the individual.

Answer 9

Try the Buteyko method. Just google it.

Answer 10

well know not really i think it is because u probbally have something wrong with u....