I have to be careful how many expensive tests I go for because I am on Medicare and a good supplemental insurance. “there is something seriously wrong with how we are trying to diagnose OSA” I feel I probably do have severe sleep apnea but I agree with Dr. I have lousy sleep quality last few years. And I did not fall asleep the whole three nights, four hours each night, on the at home test so I know there is almost no chance I will fall asleep at a lab. My doctor now wants me to go to an in-lab sleep test so he can titrate me and he THINKS that a more precise presssure prescription will eliminate my balloon episodes. The lady had to turn the machine back in to the company. said he had never heard of any patient who had this balloon thing happen but the respiratory therapist who helped with the machine and the masks in my home said another RT had a patient like me and they tried several different pressure prescriptions and several different masks but they lady kept having the problem, the problem which prevents the machine from working correctly and deliver the help in breathing. This balloon thing happened about every 3 or 4 minutes after about the first hour of being on the machine.
My cheeks did not as fully blow up with the nasal mask but the balloon effect was still present and my mouth puffed open to let the air out.
#Welt in the middle of my forehead trial
In all three masks after about an hour of being on the machine, and I was awake the entire time, my mouth was definitely closed and I had a chin strap on with the nasal mask - and all three trial periods my closed mouth blew up like a balloon with my cheeks fully puffed out and my mouth was forced open to let that air out. The APAP machine was supposed to start out at first with low pressures and then gradually give higher pressures in response to my breathing.
#Welt in the middle of my forehead full
I tried medium and then large full face mask and then tried nasal mask. I was tried on CPAP machine with the widest sleep pressure allowed for that machine prescribed by my doctor. I was awake the entire time, 3 nights 4 hours each night.
to read the results of my in home sleep study and the report said I had severe OSA. “If you’ve undergone a home sleep test, what are some problems that you experienced? Did it give you useful results? Was it convenient, or more of a pain? Please enter your comments below.”
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