Can your ex doctot tell you definitely you don't have sleep apnea and you don't definitely have deviated steptum but 2 weeks later you found out from specialists you have both?

Yes: unfortunately, it is not uncommon for specialty doctors to pick up settle these. On average, spected we talk to somebody knowledge of the subject matter, so unfortunately, this happens

No: one can get pretty good idea sleep apnea exists from history but definitive diagnosis would be from sleep study. Deviated septum would be diagnosed from physical exam looking into nose but sometimes difficult for non specialists to tell.

Sounds: Like you need to obtain your old medical records to view your past documentation. I would be rare for a doctor to withhold revealing diagnoses to you with malicious intent. Maybe there is some conflicting testing.

Yes: Without sleep study, we cannot rule out the sleep apnea. The obstructive sleep apnea happens exclusively during the sleep, if we do not test you while sleeping, we will not rule out the sleep apnea. I believe, everyone has some degree of septum deviation, the issue is the degree of the deviation, and if this deviation is clinically significant. Usually the septum deviation does not cause sleep ap