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Sleep Apenea

2016-05-17 06:14:56
My father is facing Sleep Apenea problem, he is not able to sleep properly, it gets break in every 30 min or so due to breathing problem. He snores a lot.
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He is suffering from sleep disordered breathing (OBSTRUCTIVE sleep apnoea syndrome). Get a sleep study done. Consult a good ENT SURGEON. He needs weight reduction. If the ENT SURGEON opines that surgery will be helpful, get it done. Otherwise CPAP will help him. Read about CPAP MACHINE.

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