Sleep apnea causes daytime sleepiness, snoring, trouble staying asleep, and restless legs. A sleep study involves spending two nights in a sleep lab where sensors monitor breathing and sleep patterns to diagnose obstructive or central apnea. If apnea is diagnosed, a second study determines the optimal pressure for a CPAP machine, which is then prescribed.

1. OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
CAUSES AND TREATMENT
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2. Is this you?

3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SLEEP APNEA
• Most people have many of the same
symptoms that send them to the doctor
They are:
– 1. Daytime sleepiness. This is probably the most
common symptom
– 2. Snoring. Usually the spouse complains they are
being kept awake by the loud snoring.
– 3. Trouble staying asleep. This is because of your
apnea events
– 4.Restless legs. Involuntary movement of the legs.
this cause your covers to be a mess every
morning.

4. Effect of Sleep deprivation

5. YOU MIGHT HAVE SLEEP APNEA SO
NOW WHAT ??
• You should find a doctor that specializes in
sleep to help you negotiate this process.
• The first thing that will happen is they will
discuss your symptoms and talk with you
about them to determine if they think you
have sleep apnea.
• Next a sleep study to diagnosis sleep apnea.

6. The Sleep Study
• The sleep study consists of two nights spent away
from home in a sleep lab.
• Your first night is called “the diagnostic study or
PSG which stands for Polysomnograph. This test
will determine whether you have sleep apnea.
You come into the sleep lab in the evening, and
get wired up from head to toe and sleep at the
lab. They are looking to see how may times you
stop breathing an hour and then total for the
night.

7. • There are two different types of apneas,
central apnea and obstructive apnea. Central
apnea is when you brain dose not tells you to
breath. Obstructive is when you airway
collapses due to a obstruction or relaxation of
muscles in the neck. A obstruction would be
your tongue sliding back and closing off your
airway.

8. • Once your sleep study is done either the
doctor or his staff will call and let you know
whether or not you have sleep apnea. If you
do have sleep apnea you will be sent for a
second night study and this is called the
Titration study.

9. Sleep study

10. Titration Study
The titration study is
when they determine
what pressure to set
your machine on.
They will show you
some different masks
to wear and change
the pressure on the
machine.

11. Getting a CPAP machine
Once the doctor
has sent a
prescription to the
DME company you
will be contacted
to set up an
appointment to get
your machine.