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Want to know how your Leawood, KS, doctor can help with sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is an SRBD, sleep-related breathing disorder, that affects a person's respiratory airflow. People who suffer from this serious medical disorder snore and experience several stops in their breathing throughout the night called apneas. If you're suffering from sleep apnea, you need to contact your Leawood, KS, doctors.
More on Sleep Apnea
People suffer from apneas due to relaxed muscles that collapse in the back of the throat. When the muscles collapse, the airflow is interrupted. Other soft tissue, like the tongue, may also collapse closing off the windpipe, either partially or completely.
Treatment
CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure, therapy is a machine used to treat sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea helps an individual breathe easily while they're asleep. CPAP uses positive airway pressure to pass air in the throat to prevent soft tissue from collapsing. It's a popular, relatively safe and effective treatment option of OSA, Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Your doctor offers other appliances as well. Learn more:
- Mandibular Repositioning Appliances: These appliances reposition and maintain the lower jaw while you sleep. This allows the easy passage of air by preventing the tongue from hindering air flow.
- Tongue Retaining Appliances: This appliance hold the tongue forward to prevent it from collapsing while you sleep.
Some advantages include:
- Easily portable and convenient
- Perfect for patients who are not good candidates or prefer a less invasive approach than surgery
- Discreet and less cumbersome than CPAP machines
- They are used in a combination with other appliances, like a CPAP
- It's custom-designed by your dentist for the patient's mouth and individual needs of use
- They are easy to wear and comfortable
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your health and would like to know if you are suffering from sleep apnea, then contact your Leawood, KS, today!