Anyone aware of a device that a dentist can make and install that extends the jaw forward to help relieve sleep apnea?
hazyworld, some are able to effectively treat their apnea with a dental device, but not everyone. Have an honest talk with a reputable provider about your chances of it working for you. They are designed to pull the lower jaw forward, and some complain of pain or have TMJ trouble. But some are willing to do anything to avoid using CPAP. I didn't like CPAP at first either. Are you on oxygen because you aren't using CPAP or with a CPAP?
It took me 3 months to adjust the dental devices to reach the optimum lower jaw advancement setting. I have tried both the cpap and TAP and Somnodent dental devices. It took me approx. one year to desensitize myself to the mask let alone to find the right cpap mask (nasal pillows) and pressure setting to alleviate my symptoms. Keep in mind with UARS you need only a lower pressure setting to keep your airway open. If you read Dr. Guilleminualt’s papers on UARS and posts of www.cpaptalk.
Been on the CPAP for the last year. three months ago I had a septoplasty...All went well. Two weeks ago I had UPPP surgery and ever since the first night as soon as I fall asleep I start choking. Seems like even when I'm awake i can take a deep breath through my nose and feel my tonge/throat closing off. I"ve video taped myself sleeping the last few nights and it's happening about every 5 to 10 minutes. I'm choking on the inhale...
Did not help at all, but made CPAP a little more tolerable. (First few tries with CPAP gave me very bad sinus headaches.) RDI went up a little.
CPAP is not working well as I still have a lot of nasal blockage when I lay down. Wake up after about 3-4 hours with a very sore throat.
Tried oral appliance. Wake up after a few hours with a stuffed nose. Dentist noticed nasal blockage due to nose injury (football) and referred me to an ENT.
Have done 2 RF turbinate reductions.
However, the 2 titration studies I had seemed to have been focused on apnea; the CPAP pressure used only reduced my RERAS to 12/hr hour, and the sleep fragmentation was worse than my diagnostic study.
I have used CPAP faithfully for 3 months, trying every setting from 5 to 9 cm. None of these pressures restore my sleep - I am waking every hour or so and feeling as tired as ever.
Wondering if you are waking yourself up because of not breathing and the sleep apnea. I do that sometimes. Have you tried one of those dental appliances that pull your jaw forward? I can't tolerate cpap either and have had decent results with the dental appliance.
I doubt with your apnea they will give you xanax. It relaxes your muscles, slows down breathing and can make apneas worse.
I'm a 37 y.o. female with sleep apnea and I am fully compliant with wearing my CPAP. Over the last two months, I've had three seperate episodes of waking from sleep and being actively choking. It feels to me like I'm choking on saliva however the episodes were quite serious in my opinion because when I wake it takes me a good few minutes to gain control and clear my airway. Its very upsetting when it happens because it requires a lot of effort to regain control of my breathing.
I agree with CarrerLady. This is the problem with UARS. It's how it's diagnosed on a formal sleep study. An apnea or hypopnea is any stoppage in breathing that's 10 seconds or longer, but if you stop breathing and wake up anywhere from 1-9 seconds, then it's not counted as an apnea or hypopnea. You have the expected high arousal index. Some of these will be RERAs (respiratory event related arousals) and others will be labeled as non-respiratory related.
As my teeth move straight, my jaw would move forward. But as they move my jaw so its curved out, maybe my chin will be in further than it is now.
Also, does anyone know how my ortho is going to pull the teeth out? Dont understand how braces on my teeth are going to force my teeth and jaw to widen. Unless I'll have to wear head gear at night and that will pull my teeth out. I'll have to ask my ortho next time I see him. Maybe someone here knows.
I was told that you correct it with a CPAP or variant of. I understand this, but what is causing this to happen. I had two sleep obstructions, four nuero, two mixed, and 29 hypopneas. I never went into Deep sleep NR3 or NR4. It recorded I had zero leg movements, but I kept popping off the leads on my legs from moving them. Venting aside, what is the path I must follow to get the underlying cause answered? Since childhood I have many symptoms of Narcolepsy and other sleep Disorders.
I have dental crowding. It causes some disalinement of my teeth. After 4 extractions, one on either side, top and bottom my teeth have closed the gap. I don't know if this is relevant but there are times if I open my mouth wide my jaw feels like it is locked. It is several seconds before I can get it to close.
My son of age 46 was diagnosed with sleep apnea several years ago but could not get use to sleeping with the cpap and mask. Now he has a very bad heart condition due to all those years of sleep apnea. Lack of oxygen to the heart. It is very important that people take apnea serious.
Despite the vertigo being resolved, what I seem to have now is a forward head posture, stiff muscles and joints in the jaw, neck and shoulders and hips. But most of all I have breathing issues and the sides of my neck, shoulder and
jaw seem all jammed up . I used to have severe restriction in my rib cage which affected my breathing. My physio gave me some exercises which helped fix this and my breathing is better.
To date I am still having significant pain and swelling in my throat; as well as, part of my jaw feels numb. The pain is only controlled with vicodin. The overall feeling is like someone has their hands around my throat causing a choking feeling. Every time I eat, I choke on the food and have to wash it down with a liquid.
I talked to someone in my doctor’s office about these symptoms and they advised to give it more time get to get better.
Is it normal for the recovery to take this long?
You don't need to wear a supporter at the gym! It won't prevent a hernia.
Your scrotum holds your testicles in place. A hernia occurs when the tissue around the spermatic cord ( that is the cord that carries your sperm) passes through a small hole in the muscular abdominal wall into the belly. when the tissue around the hole is torn. Intestine can pass through the hole, creating a bulge in the groin. That's a hernia!
ve found that using a fully data capable CPAP, one that allows ME to access my therapy data each morning encourages me to continue w/CPAP therapy even when I am having difficulties as the data helps to point out what the difficulties are - most often just too high a leak rate.
I've used and been happiest w/the Resmed S8 Elite, then the Resmed S8 AutoSet Vantage and then the Resmed S8 VPAP Auto when I needed to be switched to a bi-level PAP due to my COPD.
ENT docs, Otolaryngologists, Internal Medicine/Respirologist, Dentist, and Sleep Disorder doctor. I have tried the CPAP for 2 years (hate it) and I am currently using the mouth-guard (where my jaw is moved forward). My most recent ENT doctor suggested removing my tonsisl and uvula (under the table, overnight in the hospital, anesthesia)...I was told that this post-op, the pain is 10x worse than strep throat...any comments? Should I do this procedure?
I have a consultation with a specialist from the sleep apnea team this week. I seem to have all the criteria, small jaw, forward head with jaw pulling back, deviated septum. If indeed I have sleep apnea, then would you say it is best to treat that before attempting to fix the deviated septum. My deviated septum did not give me any problems until 2 years back when I developed the forward head. Are there any laser septoplasty methods?
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