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Originally Posted by bagatelle
You know, I'm very light sleeper and many things disturb me. My husband is not loud, but even his heavy breathing bothers me, and also the rhythm of his breathing, which is somewhat irregular. This bothers me, because he tends to take pauses, and this means he will then take a loud and deep breath in a while. If I'm asleep, this will wake me up and I also begin to worry, if he has Sleep Apnea.
We're in our 40's, basic healthy. Hubby has gained a bit weight, not much, but he recently had health check up from work, and I urged him to ask the doctor about the snoring and how I thought, he might not breathe at times for a longer while.
The doctor was not worried at all seeing my husband's general health. He adviced him to avoid alcohol in the evening and contact them again, IF the wife starts to plan leaving the house... not only the bedroom.  |
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Originally Posted by MSD
That sounds a whole lot like sleep apnea. He really should talk to his doctor about that.
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Agreed. The doctor's lack of worry means your husband's effectiveness is not being significantly compromised, but the fact, and possibly some elements of debilitation are there. Have a read-up, and you'll see a set of other problems which are linked to non-treatment.
I was recently diagnosed with constrictive Apnea and now use a CPAP machine. It has gone a long way to sorting a tiredness/breathing problem which had messed me up since my teens, but which had remained below the radar of medial [triage/budget] concern for so many years.
This is the machine I am using
ResMed - S8 Escape? II
Here's the general mask page.
ResMed - Masks
Here are the ones they had to offer at the hospital.
ResMed - Hospital Full Face
I'd started with the full face mask and felt like a cross between WW1 gas attack and Bondage session.
So I went on to the nose only mask
ResMed - Hospital Nasal
Another poster mentioned it creates its own kind of noise. That makes sense ... with nose only mask, my party trick is that I can play infinite recorder or Irish whistle. I happen to have a naturally tightly shut mouth when I sleep, so there is, as far as I know, no outrush-overflow whistle. The full face mask DID 'contain' the process to guarentee less noise.
Because the air is pumped through a long hose, it is possible to wrap t-shirts and cloth around my head - my air supply is sealed - and that can mop up any residue of noise.
Apnea is, IMO, a must-treat syndrome.
For general snoring, I have no hesitation in recommending one of the machines, if you can get it off-prescription. And noise can be muffled.
I'm not living with a partner at the moment, but my cards on the table read like this: If I'm screwing up her sleep with my snoring, then heavens to betsy I'll move heaven and earth to sort MY problem.