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A member asked:
Shall i put the cpap forever to prevent apnea, or i can be cured? and how i can be cured?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Lose weight: Most people with sleep apnea are overweight, though not all are. If you are overweight, losing the excess pounds can cure sleep apnea. If you are not overweight, sometimes there is a structural problem that causes sleep apnea that can be corrected surgically. As long as you have sleep apnea, you should use cpap. It will decrease your blood pressure and has many other benefits.
Answered 2/18/2013
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No cure: There is no cure for sleep apnea. There are certainly things such as weight loss etc that can help but sleep related breathing disorders are progressive; they only worsen over time.
Answered 11/1/2012
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How does a cpap machine cure me from apnea? Please someone explain to me how by putting this machine, my brain learn to send orders to breath?
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