But the problem isn't the snoring itself. It's when they actually stop breathing, choke and kick or jerk or fling their arms about as they gasp and struggle to get enough oxygen back into their starving brains. For some sufferers, the problem extends quite deep into the actual neck and throat or into the nasal passages.
I'm not sure how this eliminates CPAP in apnea. It just sounds like internal cosmetic surgery.
I would love more details than the article provides. I would also want to see the long-term effects on someone's health after having that procedure done every two or three years.
While I would love to cure the sound of my husband's snoring, and mine, I would be even more interested in addressing the health problems that cause the noise. But I'm not clear from the article just how far this therapy goes toward that goal.
Does it just shut the snoring up, or does it somehow help with apnea?
joanne said:
But the problem isn't the snoring itself. It's when they actually stop breathing, choke and kick or jerk or fling their arms about as they gasp and struggle to get enough oxygen back into their starving brains. For some sufferers, the problem extends quite deep into the actual neck and throat or into the nasal passages.
I'm not sure how this eliminates CPAP in apnea. It just sounds like internal cosmetic surgery.
Well, the snoring is just another symptom of the flesh collapsing in your throat, which cuts off the air flow. If you eliminate the snoring, the odds are you'll eliminate the air flow problems too. (CPAP wearer of 18 years here.). There are two kinds of apnea though - obstructive and central. This sounds like it could work for obstructive, but not central, which is related to brain misfires rather than flesh problems in the throat.
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