(Health Tip) For snoring and daytime sleepiness, if severe, undergo a sleep study and consider using a CPAP machine!

My husband has always been slim during our dating days, and he said he wanted to gain some weight, so he built muscle through exercise. Back then, he was quite slender, so his snoring wasn't very severe, but gradually he started to snore more and more...

Since getting married, I've been gaining weight and my snoring has worsened.

 

During my first pregnancy, I suffered from pregnancy pruritus.

Unable to sleep due to snoring sounds, I even sent my husband to the living room... and I barely managed to fall asleep.

And as we enter our sixth year of marriage, my husband's snoring has become noticeable.

Reaching the peak, I often felt sleepy while driving to wherever I was going, so I usually drove myself.

My husband told me to put the kids to sleep in the back seat and sleep together... Even though he said he was scared to get a snoring surgery, he refused. His daytime sleepiness worsened, and he would fall asleep unconsciously during meetings. As it became more serious, he went to an ENT clinic known for snoring.

I was hospitalized for a day to undergo a sleep polysomnography, and I was told that my severe sleep apnea causes me to wake up dozens of times per minute, so I was prescribed a CPAP machine.

If diagnosed with a severe abnormality, a positive pressure ventilator can be rented with health insurance coverage, which significantly reduces the cost.

You need to use it for more than 4 hours a day, and the record must be stored in memory and submitted to the hospital, but

Certainly, after getting used to wearing the positive pressure ventilator that looks like an oxygen respirator in the intensive care unit, my snoring significantly decreased and my daytime sleepiness disappeared.

 

The large main unit visible below is the positive pressure ventilator. The thick hose you see there is used to blow air into the mask.

 

The front part buttons and such look like this..

This is a positive pressure device that I always carry with me when I travel anywhere.

 

I wear this that looks like an oxygen respirator in my mouth and sleep... At first, I found it funny because I looked like a patient in the intensive care unit, but I also felt sad and upset knowing I have to sleep like that for the rest of my life...

I am grateful that my sleep quality has improved just by realizing how frightening weekly drowsiness can be.

 

Then shall we find out what sleep disorders are?

 

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There is more detailed information in the blog post, so please refer to it.

Really, snoring shouldn't be ignored, especially sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness, which shouldn't be overlooked. It's a matter of quality of life, but if left untreated, it can lead to serious health problems.

 

Since I use the CPAP, I don't snore at all, so all four family members can sleep well together, and I don't have to drive alone. Haha, lately I get really sleepy when I drive too.

 

First of all, the most important thing is that I have somewhat escaped from health risks... I am so relieved.

 

If you have someone like this around you, please quickly undergo a sleep polysomnography to assess their condition, and if severe abnormalities are found, make sure to see the benefits with positive pressure therapy.