Baltimore, MD
A 40-year-old female asked:
Can you loose weight using cpap machine?
3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in
Dr. Luis Villaplanaanswered
Internal Medicine 37 years experience
YES!: Proper treatment of sleep apnea may cause weight loss in obese/overweight patients. To put it another way, patients with sleep apnea gain weight if not properly treated.
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Dr. Jeffrey Jarvis commented
Dentistry 39 years experience
Or it can work the other way around too.....Lose weight, and you may not NEED the CPAP machine for sleep apnea.
Aug 28, 2012
Dr. Peter Hahnanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 26 years experience
Yes: CPAP can help you lose weight in many ways. You should have more energy during the day leading to increased activities. There are also hormonal changes that occur with sleep deprivation that can be normalized leading to easier weight loss.
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Dr. Louis Galliaanswered
Surgery - Oral & Maxillofacial 47 years experience
Yes: Yes. CPAP can control some of the variables involved in weight loss.
Explanation here: https://www.sleepapnea.com/blog/post/82345950270/want-to-lose-weight-grab-the-cpap
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