Sleep apnea treatment without cpap: Positional obstructive sleep apnea Patients that have already undergone a sleep study and that have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, may be given a diagnosis of positional obstructive sleep apnea. This type of sleep apnea usually indicates that the patient only experiences apnea or moderate to severe sleep apnea while…
Month: July 2016
Women and Sleep
Women need to keep a regular sleep schedule in order to sleep enough to maintain their physical and mental health. The sleep deprivation does not have to be something we accept and wear like a badge of honour.
Women: Breast Cancer and Sleep
Women with breast cancer report having poor sleep. Sleep disruption can lead to decreased quality of life and survival. Treating insomnia improves outcomes.
Tired Pregnant Women
Are you a tired pregnant woman? You’re not alone. Many women experience excessive fatigue during their third trimester of pregnancy that may lead to depressive symptoms.
The CPAP mask
The CPAP mask is important to your continued successful CPAP treatment. This article will show the different types of masks available and the reasons you may try these different types of CPAP masks.
Importance of sleep clinic relationship
The relationship you have with your sleep clinic is important to your long-term treatment of sleep apnea. When diagnosed with sleep apnea many patients find themselves looking for a sleep clinic to provide treatment. Many people will be treated well on the initial devices they are titrated with and subsequently treated on. Some patients may…
Sleep deprivation as a new parent
For a majority of new parents this sleep deprivation is temporary, a few months at the most. Many will note that their sleep habits have done a 180 since before they had children
Infant sleep and children sleep
It’s important to ensure proper infant sleep and to find out if problems sleeping may be due to a sleep disorder. Infants sleep a lot. Infant sleep can last about 16-17 hours per day. Why are mom and dad so tired? Infants wake often to feed, about 8-12 times/day. Baby will often fall asleep after…
Sleep Paralysis
Sleep paralysis is being awake without the ability to move or speak, this occurs because when a patient wakes out of REM sleep, the muscles are still atonic (without muscle tone).