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Home Sleep Apnea Testing

If you find you wake up tired, your partner complains about your snoring, or you even wake up in the night choking and finding it difficult to breathe, you may be suffering from sleep apnea. Receiving treatment for sleep apnea can drastically improve the quality of your sleep, which will lead to an improvement in your overall quality of life.

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What Is Sleep Apnea?

Sleep apnea is a condition that involves the blocking of the airways from the mouth to the lungs during sleep. When you sleep, the muscles in the mouth and the pharynx relax. When they relax too much, your tongue and muscles may block the airway. This causes you to wake up and have difficulty breathing during sleep.

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Why You Need to Treat Sleep Apnea

While snoring and waking up throughout the night can be extremely annoying, the effects of sleep apnea actually go beyond these minor annoyances. Sleep apnea can lead to a variety of health ailments, including:

  • Fatigue
  • Memory Loss
  • Heart Disease
  • Stroke
  • Obesity
  • Depression
  • And More

It is important to treat sleep apnea to reduce your risk of these ailments. In order to treat sleep apnea, though, you need to figure out whether or not you have sleep apnea in the first place.

At Home Testing

There are two main types of sleep apnea testing: sleep studies and home sleep apnea testing. While sleep studies can be useful, they aren’t practical for a lot of patients. Because of this, at-home sleep apnea testing may be the right option. In order to perform home sleep apnea testing, different tools may be used. One is a Medibyte Jr device.

Medibyte Jr Device

The Medibyte Jr device uses three sensors to record six different channels. The six channels monitor a variety of bodily functions, such as:

  • Heart Rate
  • Blood Oxygen Saturation
  • Airflow
  • Respiratory Effort
  • Snoring
  • Body Positioning During Sleep

By looking over the results of the at-home sleep apnea testing, a doctor can better understand whether or not a patient has sleep apnea and how the sleep apnea can best be treated.

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Treatment Options

There are various treatment options that can be used to both treat the symptoms and root causes of sleep apnea. For the treatment of the symptoms, many patients will either get a CPAP machine or an oral appliance. While CPAP machines are very effective, they are also very cumbersome. Oral appliances, on the other hand, look and feel a lot like a bite guard that would be used for the treatment of teeth grinding.

In order to treat sleep apnea, it is best to treat the underlying issue leading to the disorder. This may include reducing or giving up smoking, drinking, and/or eating unhealthy foods.

If you believe you are suffering from sleep apnea, reach out today to learn about testing and treatment options. From there, your dentist can help to diagnose the condition and determine the best choice of treatment to meet your needs.