Sleep Apnea

Conventional medical Treatments for Sleep Apnea

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the most common management program for sleep apnea a CPAP machine pushes air through the airways at a pressure high enough to keep the airways open during sleep. Many variation of the CPAP is available. Even though for chronic cases, it is necessary to start with CPAP, and gradually reduce its use as the health improves. Needless to say, nobody enjoys sleeping all night with a mask.

• surgically, cutting a permanent breathing hole in the neck (tracheotomy)
• Cutting out the back of the mouth (uvulopatopharyngoplasty)
• Removing the adenoids and tonsils and/or trimming the nasal passages
• Removing the soft palate (Paletoplasty)
• Removing the uvula
• Where snoring is caused by a larger hyoid bone, maxillomandibular surgery is performed
• Oral appliance therapy to bring forward the lower jaw to create more space for breathing

All surgical options involve some risk and are well known to fail in a high percentage of cases, making them drastic measures for a condition predominantly caused by lifestyle, dietary factors and poor brain integeration, an area where holistic, natural and functional medicine excels.

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