On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 12:04:09PM -0500, Patrick Maun wrote: > I am sure there are some resources out there as I believe this is a > fairly common disorder. I've looked a bit but haven't found any yet. Could be because you've got a typo in the name of the disorder; try Googling for "sleep apnea", or "obstructive sleep apnea". > She has a device that basically blows air down her > throat to ensure an uninterrupted sleep [...] That would be a CPAP device (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure), of which there are 1 bazillion different varieties of gizmos. Note: this is NOT medical advice, and I urge you to ignore what I'm about to say. I am but a geek who worked in a hospital lab where MD-types were studying organs that move (heart and lungs) and one group was focused on sleep apnea: thus ~10 years ago I read a bunch of papers on the topic, sat through seminars, etc. The state of understanding then was: (a) nobody is quite sure what causes this (b) but they like to argue about it at great length (c) while treating the symptoms, at least, with CPAP and other relatively non-intrusive means because (d) not treating the symptoms is a Bad Thing for much the same reason that Not Breathing is a Bad Thing. My guess is that of all the devices which have come on the market, there must be at least one that's relatively portable and/or rechargeable. But I would strongly advise having this person's physician(s) vet any choice of such a device before attempting to use it: sleep apnea can be - in some patients - a serious and life-threatening condition, and so getting the treatment right is, umm, important (see "Not Breathing" above). ---Rsk *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 13:26:34 PDT
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