Sleep Apnea

• Sleep Apnea: How Is It Treated?

  Learn about treatment choices for sleep apnea.

• Sleep Apnea: Time to Get Checked

  Learn about the different ways that sleep apnea can affect the quality of your life.

• Sleep Apnea: How Treatment Can Improve Your Life

  Learn about the benefits of treating sleep apnea.

• Sleep Apnea: What Is It?

  Learn what sleep apnea is and why it's important to treat it.

• Sleep Apnea: Using CPAP

  Learn how CPAP works and how to use a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea.

• Sleep Apnea: Having Trouble With CPAP?

  Learn ways to get past common problems with using CPAP.

• Sleep Apnea: Should I Have Surgery?

  Guides through decision to have surgery for sleep apnea. Discusses problems like depression and high blood pressure associated with lack of treatment. Covers alternatives to surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.

• Sleep Apnea: Should I Have a Sleep Study?

  Guides through decision to have sleep study to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea. Includes pros such as diagnosis that can lead to treatment. Also offers cons such as cost. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.

• Sleep Apnea: Fiber-Optic Pharyngoscopy

  Fiber-optic pharyngoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look into the upper part of your respiratory system. He or she may use it to help decide how to treat your obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). You remain awake during the procedure. Your...

• Sleep Apnea: Oral Devices

  Oral devices (also called oral appliances) are sometimes used to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). They push the tongue and jaw forward, which makes the airway larger and improves airflow. This also reduces the chance that tissue will collapse...

• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

  Continuous positive airway pressure therapy ( CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) breathe more easily during sleep. A CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway doesn't collapse when you breathe in. When you use CPAP, your bed partner may sleep better...

• Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

  Information on uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Explains that UPPP is a procedure to remove excess tissue in the throat to make the airway wider. Discusses effectiveness and risks.

• Tracheostomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

  Discusses tracheostomy to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This surgery is done only for severe OSA. Explains that permanent opening in windpipe is created. Discusses possible complications, including lung infection, trouble talking, or scar tissue.

• Sleep Apnea

  Focuses on obstructive sleep apnea. Discusses causes, including narrowed airways and obesity. Covers symptoms like snoring, gasping during sleep, and daytime sleepiness. Info on treatment with CPAP and oral or nasal breathing devices.

• Sleep Problems, Age 12 and Older

  Discusses various sleep problems of those 12 and older. Covers insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and restless leg syndrome. Offers tips to improve sleep. Includes interactive tool to help you decide when to call a doctor.

• Stages of Sleep Apnea

  Sleep apnea occurs when you regularly stop breathing for 10 seconds or longer during sleep. It can be mild, moderate, or severe, based on the number of times an hour that you stop breathing (apnea) or that airflow to your lungs is reduced (hypopnea). This is called the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)...