Getting older means an increased likelihood of sleep apnea. In general sleep can become more difficult with age and sleep apnea becomes a common sleep disorder, affecting nearly 20% of older adults. As we get older, muscles weaken, including airway muscles, which makes seniors more likely to experience sleep apnea. How Does Obstructive Sleep Apnea […]
ResMed is one of the leading manufacturers of auto CPAP machines. Among their offering is the distinctive and popular AirSense line of machines. You can choose between the ResMed AirSense 11, AirSense 10, or the AirSense 10 Card-to-Cloud (CTC). Each machine provides different features and benefits to CPAP patients. So when selecting a ResMed AirSense […]
Here at The CPAP Shop, we wish you and all of your furry friends a happy and easy-breathing International Moment of Laughter Day. We’d love to hear whether you think your dog has sleep apnea, and whether your vet helped to treat it! And we hope to have brought you a smile!
Choosing a nasal pillow CPAP mask can leave you many options. Most CPAP mask manufacturers offers some type of nasal pillow mask with varieties of benefits and features and lots with strong consumer reviews. So how do you choose? We have selected two nasal masks to help you compare the features and benefits. Read more […]
Those of us who have pets know how important they are in our lives, so it makes sense that we’d want to take care of them to the best extent that we can. It is a silly thought, though, to picture a dog with sleep apnea wearing a CPAP mask, and just FYI we’d probably recommend a full face CPAP mask to handle the whiskers and make a good seal.
If you find yourself snoring loudly, waking with a headache or feeling tired and groggy even after a full night’s sleep, your healthcare provider may recommend you get screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA.) Depending on your risk factors and the severity of your symptoms (see below), you have a few different options for initial screening and evaluation.
With holiday travel around the corner, CPAP users are gearing up to take their sleep apnea therapy on the road. Travel can be a tricky time for people with sleep apnea; new surroundings make it harder to get to sleep, even without a sleep disorder. Then there’s finding a reliable, portable CPAP machine. What options are available? Do I need a new mask? What features do I need to make cpap therapy convenient and comfortable while I’m on the go?
Ask around about people’s favorite CPAP machine and you’re bound to run into folks who swear by an APAP instead. They’ll tell you it’s life-changing. They’ll tell you they couldn’t stand regular CPAP. They may even claim an APAP device means you don’t need to see a doctor for sleep apnea. (Spoiler alert: Yes, you do.)
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can be a difficult condition to manage on your own. Thankfully, internet forums and support groups can help you find a community of other people living with the condition. You can use these groups to connect, ask questions, and share your experience at any time of day or night. They are free and easy to join. In nearly all cases, you can simply create an account to chat about sleep apnea with people who understand sleep apnea.
Yet the regular old CPAP still remains the most commonly prescribed treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). What gives? If APAPs are so popular, why do they still make CPAPs? Well, it turns out there are some very good reasons for both. Today, we’ll take a look at the difference between APAP vs CPAP, and which is better for you.
Pigs – The Distant Cousin of The Hippo But Best Known For Being Delicious
It makes sense that that these giant pink creatures that spend most of their rotund lives on their sides also have sleep apnea, but the truth is that only one species of pig is scientifically known to have sleep apnea – the Yucatan miniature pig. However, they only get sleep apnea when they become morbidly obese, which is apparently quite easy for them to do, because they have no idea how to regulate their feeding patterns. Surprisingly, these little pigs are the smallest species of pig in the world. Originally, Yucatan miniature pigs were used for medical research in Europe, but over the last decade they have made their way into the hearts of the American people, because it turns out that they make great pets and they are extremely smart – just don’t let them eat too much. As for a CPAP mask, a pig would probably find the most comfort from the Wisp Nasal Mask System, which comes with three different cushions to allow for maximum fit and comfort – not to mention, there is no forehead support needed.
Seriously, do they make a CPAP machine for dogs?
In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight, but could the lion – or any animal for that matter – possibly suffer from sleep apnea?
The question as to whether or not non-human animals suffer from sleep apnea has been a head-scratching one. So far, it seems that we don’t really know much about the sleep patterns of other animals – besides the fact that they sleep, of course – so educated guesses are mostly all we can go by. Yet, research has shown that dogs might just be one of the only known species with the sleep disorder (some dog breeds also suffer from narcolepsy), which raises the possibility even further that other animals do suffer from sleep apnea, but haven’t been diagnosed yet. The difference between us and our furry friends, though, is that we are the only species that spends most of our sleeping state on our backs, which means we are more susceptible to the disorder. Also, we have a number of physiological differences that makes our respiratory tracts more compact. Nevertheless, here are some animals that would make pretty good candidates for the sleep disorder.