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device for sleep apnea

can anyone recommend any devices for sleep apnea.
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  • elsien
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    What has your GP said about it?
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  • Robin9
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    I'm off to hospital next week to be fitted with a CPAP machine as a trial.



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  • Vitor
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    edited 7 January at 11:44AM
    Try putting you mattress at an angle with the head end higher. 
  • Misslayed
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    If you have sleep apnea diagnosed you will receive a free, (more than likely) state of the art CPAP machine. My sister’s is updated every couple of years. 
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  • Markdavid1962
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    You will normally be given a Resmed Airsense 10, its wifi enabled so they can see how the sleep apnea is controlled. That is what I and three other people who I know were given.



  • unforeseen
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    You will normally be given a Resmed Airsense 10, its wifi enabled so they can see how the sleep apnea is controlled. That is what I and three other people who I know were given.



    Although the Resmed is supposedly the standard machine for trusts to use, some are issuing Philips Dreamstations. My trust uses these
  • rabialiones
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    thanks for all the replies.
    have an appointment with gp , but was thinking about simpler items e.g pillows 
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  • Rodders53
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    was thinking about simpler items e.g pillows 
    Sleep apnoea - NHS has a tennis ball suggestion to force side-sleeping among other basic life style things to help, perhaps.


  • sheilavw
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    my late Brother had the resmed. They can monitor you remotely.
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