The small Inspire® implant delivers gentle pulses to your airway muscles to keep your airway open so you can breathe regularly and sleep soundly.
In addition, standardized data capture alongside with agreed definitions of success and outcomes (which are likely to be a combination of patient scoring systems and objective polysomnography outcomes) are essential.
In general, CPAP is more effective at resolving sleep disordered breathing and improving oxygen saturations, though oral appliances tend to improve symptoms of daytime sleepiness to similar degree as CPAP. The effect of oral appliances on improving cardiovascular outcomes such as hypertension is not clear at this time.
They are indicated for patients with mild to moderate OSA and for patients with severe OSA who are intolerant or choose not to use CPAP therapy3. In addition to less severe disease, other predictors of a more favorable response to oral appliance therapy include younger age, lower BMI, smaller neck circumference and those with more positional (supine dependent) OSA.
Creating confidence that the stimulation is comfortable and that only at the extreme there is discomfort.
What are the side effects of CPAP? CPAP treatment is a very safe treatment but it may cause discomfort in some people, such as a dry or stuffy nose, irritation of the skin on your face, and sore eyes due to air leaking around the mask.
Inspire has been shown to be clinically effective for treating moderate to severe sleep apnea in people who don’t respond to or tolerate CPAP therapy.
Both CPAP therapy and Inspire are used to treat obstructive sleep apnea, here but CPAP is the standard treatment option.
For millions of people, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy is the key to living a better life despite sleep apnea! Beyond making you feel tired and run down, this condition also puts you at higher risk for serious health complications.
Instead, it’s best to place a couple of drops on a small cotton pad and place it in front of your machine’s air intake/filter.
Over-Tightened Headgear: It’s easy to accidentally over-tighten your headgear while you’re trying to keep your CPAP mask in place, but unfortunately, doing so can cause pressure sores and other skin irritations.
Choose the Right Mask For Your Needs: If you’re using a nasal pillow or traditional CPAP nasal mask, you may find sinus relief by switching to a full face mask. If you’re already using a full face mask, switching to a hybrid mask may reduce pressure around your sinuses.
Clinical image of an overcrowded oropharynx secondary to tonsillar hypertrophy, lax palate and redundant pharyngeal mucosa.
That causes a series of partial or complete pauses in breathing, sometimes hundreds of them each night.