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Sleep Apnea – Treating causes instead of just symptoms
For obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), positive pressure ventilation using CPAP is the standard treatment method. However, due to side effects, patient acceptance of the method varies widely. In addition, studies show that the therapy method cannot fulfill many of the hopes placed in it for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. CPAP treatment only alleviates symptoms. As a purely symptomatic treatment, however, the method cannot replace a causal therapy that attacks the cause of the health disorder.
Treating snoring and sleep apnea – What you should know about
The main cause of snoring and sleep apnoea is considered to be the slackening of muscles and tissue in the mouth, throat and nose. The flaccid tissue narrows the path of the air we breathe to the lungs. If the air breathed flows through narrowed passages, the tissue is set in vibration, which causes the snoring sound. When the tissue is so slack that the airways are completely blocked, the notorious breathing stops: sleep apnoea threatens.