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Is Your CPAP Making You Sick?
There are many proven benefits to using a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to treat sleep apnea. These include reduced daytime sleepiness, better mood, improved blood pressure, and an enhanced quality of life.
CPAP Filters: Why CPAP Filters Are So Important
About 30 million people in the United States have sleep apnea. This type of sleep-related breathing disorder can affect the quality of sleep and can cause exhaustion during the day.
The Link Between Headaches and Sleep Apnea
Around 45 million Americans experience headaches on a regular basis and these can have a big impact on your daily life. These can be caused by a huge range of things and, for some people, headaches will go away with minor lifestyle changes. However, for others, their headaches can be the result of another underlying condition.
5 Tips To Help You Avoid Taking Off Your CPAP Mask During the Night
Using a continuous positive air pressure (CPAP) mask can effectively treat sleep apnea. It can also be frustrating. Despite your diligence in wearing the CPAP mask whenever you go to bed, you wake up at night to find you inadvertently took it off. This happens because the mask is uncomfortable. Here are five ways to stop taking off your CPAP mask during the night.
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Your Ultimate Checklist for Mask Leaks
Sleep apnea can increase your risk of suffering from several potentially serious health issues such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and depression. If you have sleep apnea, your doctor may have already advised you to use a CPAP machine.
How to Clean a CPAP Machine and Get Rid of Calcium Deposits
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) affects 26% of adults between the ages of 30 and 70 years. If you've been diagnosed with OSAS and you require a CPAP machine, it's vital to keep your machine clean.
Why You Should Replenish Your CPAP Supplies After Summer
Replacing your CPAP supplies may seem wasteful, especially if they seem perfectly operational. It’s not a waste, though, because replacing these items keeps your device clean and in good working condition.
Sleeping Positions, Sleep Apnea, and Masks: What You Need to Know
If you sleep less than 6 hours every night, you could be 48% more likely to die of heart disease.
How Often Should a Sleep Study Be Done To Check on Pressure?
Conducting a sleep study used to be a major inconvenience, but with developments in technology, they are easier than ever and can be conducted in the comfort of your own home! Have you wondered if you might need to have a sleep study done on yourself or wondered if your CPAP pressure is where it should be?
Travel CPAPs: Are They Worth It? (and How to Pick the Best)
Traveling can exacerbate breathing problems, so this is no time to leave your CPAP machine at home.
Say Goodnight to CPAP Dry Mouth for Good
CPAP machines are commonly used by people who have sleep apnea or other diagnoses involving their oropharynx. Sometimes using a CPAP can contribute to mouth-breathing, which usually dries out your mouth. Dry mouth can wake you up coughing or with a sore throat. It can also contribute to dental problems. Treatment for CPAP dry mouth can be quite simple with possible remedies that include:
Why You Need a Fingertip Pulse Oximeter With CPAP Therapy
CPAP therapy is one of the leading treatments for sleep apnea. Not everyone sleeps well, for a number of reasons. Maybe your excess weight blocks your airway or you have lung issues.
Sleep Apnea Linked To Shoulder Pain
Could my sleep apnea be the cause of my shoulder pain? Anyone who has crossed over to the 40 years and older club will tell you that you start feeling your age. Recently, I began experiencing pain in my elbow caused by tendinitis or otherwise called “tennis elbow”.
The Ultimate Guide To Camping With Your CPAP
Are you ready for the summer to finally arrive? If so, you're not alone.
Traveling with CPAP Batteries In and Outside the USA
If you’re dealing with a sleep apnea disorder and regularly need to ensure access to a working continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine, having constant electrical power for the device is essential, even while traveling.
How to Prevent Nose Sores from CPAP Masks
You need sleep - plenty of it, and good quality too. That’s where your CPAP machine comes in. It’s supposed to be your frontline strategy for sleep apnea treatment.
Newly Diagnosed With Sleep Apnea: What to Know
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that is potentially serious since breathing stops and starts repeatedly during sleep. Those who have a sleep apnea disorder usually snore loudly and still feel tired after sleeping for a full night.
How Dirty is Your CPAP?
If you suffer from sleep apnea, then you're probably very attached to your CPAP machine. For those who struggle with breathing at night, it can literally be a lifesaving tool. This is why you want to make sure it's always in the best condition.
Ultimate How-To Guide: Best Ways To Clean Your CPAP
It's Spring Cleaning time! That special period that comes once a year. The perfect time to take a deep dive into your home and the things you use on a regular basis and give everything a good deep cleaning.
CPAP Cleaners: The Best of the Best
CPAP cleaners are an essential tool for CPAP machine owners. 22 million Americans are affected by sleep apnea. If you have a CPAP machine, a CPAP machine cleaner could change the way you perform CPAP machine maintenance.
Is Technology Affecting Your Sleep Quality?
Everyone has a sleep routine, but not all routines are good for your sleep quality. 9 out of 10 Americans admit to using some sort of technology to fall asleep and quiet racing thoughts. Whether you turn on a show you've seen a million times or scroll through your phone in bed, those actions can actually hurt how well you sleep.
How Daylight Saving Time Affects Your Sleep and Overall Health
Daylight saving time throws off your internal clock as you turn your clock ahead one hour. Are you one of those people who can't deal with sleep and overall health when this happens?
10 Ways to Solve CPAP Problems
Sleep Apnea is one of the most debilitating yet hidden respiratory conditions. It's bad enough not being able to breathe in your sleep, but when your mask isn't functioning as it should, that only causes more frustrations, sleepless nights, and tired mornings afterward.
How To Support Your Spouse With Sleep Apnea
It is estimated that as many as 37% of American adults suffer from sleep apnea. While causing discomfort and anxiety for those suffering, it can also impact the partners of those with sleep apnea.