Sleep Apnea Treatment options

Sleep apnea treatment options ranges from conservative measures like loosing weight in case if you are overweight, changing the body poster for sleeping to surgery.

Some of the behavioral Modifications that may help you to overcome in mild case of sleep apnea that is better termed as the Conservative treatment of sleep apnea may include:

• Weight loss.
• Avoiding sleeping pills and alcohol.
• Stop smoking as it may increase swelling in the upper airways and worsens the condition of apnea as well as snoring.
• Avoid back side sleeping.

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

CPAP or the continuous positive airway pressure is the kind of treatment in which the sufferer has to wear mask over mouth or nose during sleep. The mask wear by patients is hooked to a machine that delivers continuous flow of air into the nostrils. The positive flow of air pressure flowing through the nostrils helps to keep the airways open so as the breathing pattern is not impaired. Some experts consider CPAP as the most effective treatment for sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea and dental devices

some of the dental devices are exclusively designed by dentist with specula care and expertise that helps to keep airways open while during sleep.

Surgery for Sleep apnea

If you are having a deviated nasal septum, small lower jaw with an overbite leading to narrowing of throat abnormally or markedly enlarged tonsils surgery may help you in order to correct sleep apnea.

Some of the most common surgery procedure may include:

Nasal surgery: - It helps in correcting nasal obstructions like deviated septum.

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP):- It helps in removing soft tissue on the back side of the throat and palate thereby increasing the width of the airway at throat opening.

Mandibular maxillar advancement surgery: - It is an invasive surgery that is required to correct certain facial abnormalities or throat obstructions that are supposed as the contributing factor for sleep apnea.

Other options for treatment of sleep apnea:-

It includes minimally invasive processes like somnoplasty, the pillar palatal implant and the injection snoreplasty. The procedure helps to stiffen or reduce the soft tissue of the soft palate.

These processes have been thought to be effective for treatment of snoring while their long term efficacy is yet to be determined.