Sleep apnea doctor

To treat sleep apnea disorders, doctors usually advise the patient to restore regular breathing during sleep, and prevent symptoms, such as daytime sleepiness and loud snoring.

Sleep apnea doctors will prescribe the kind of treatments to the patients according to the seriousness of the sleep apnea condition. The treatments may reduce other sleep apnea effects, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke.

Types of Sleep Apnea Treatments

The most common types of sleep apnea treatments that doctors usually prescribe are lifestyle changes, breathing devices, mouthpieces or surgery.
There are currently no medications that can treat sleep apnea disorder. Consult a sleep specialist or sleep apnea doctor if you suspect you have sleep apnea.
They will advise you on the appropriate options for your specific disorder.

For mild cases of sleep apnea, incorporating changes to the current lifestyle or mouthpieces may be enough for treatment. For moderate to severe cases of sleep apnea, the patient may need surgery or breathing devices.

To determine the types and seriousness of the patient's sleep apnea condition, sleep apnea doctors usually make an evaluation of the sleeping patterns based on the signs and symptoms.
After evaluation is done and the doctor suspects that the patient is suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, he may refer the patient to an ENT doctor (otolaryngologist) to determine if there is any nose or throat blockage.

If central sleep apnea is suspected, the patient may be referred to a cardiologist - heart doctor, or neurologist - a doctor who specializes in the nervous system, to determine the causes.

After determining that the patient's manifestations of the sleeping patterns are abnormal, sleep apnea doctors may require the patient to sleep overnight in the lab for a minimum of 1 night for observation. After a night of observation, doctors will recommend appropriate treatments to treat sleep apnea.

The treatments may include modifications to lifestyle and sleeping habits, or by using oral devices for proper jaw alignment to keep the passage airways open.

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