Please share a tip on some do's and don'ts with regard to sleep apnea.

Consider: Consider seeing a dentist who specializes in making oral sleep mouthpieces for mild sleep apnea.

Oral: Oral mouthpieces for snoring and mild sleep apnea can help prevent further health problems.

Get: Get an oral mouthpiece to minimize snoring and sleep apnea.

Do: Do sleep 8-9 hours a day. Don't eat 4 hours before you go to sleep.

Sleep: Sleep apnea can severely limit quality sleep. A CPAP machine can be life changing.

Be: Be supportive of your significant other and help them if they snore or have sleep apnea.

If: If you snore, see otolaryngologist or pulmonologist, to rule out sleep apnea.

If: If considering an oral mouthpiece for snoring/sleep apnea, get your teeth restored first if needed.

Obstructive: Obstructive sleep apnea treatment can lead to more restful sleep and healthier bodies.

If: If your partner tells you that you snore or stop breathing in your sleep, test for sleep apnea!

DON"T-: Don"t- ignore snoring, frequent sleep awakenings or cessation of breathing. Check sleep apnea.

Don't: Don't let obstructive sleep apnea contribute to strokes. Use your CPAP (or other device) as directed.

Check: Check your blood pressure, especially if you snore. Untreated sleep apnea can lead to stroke.

Sleep: Sleep apnea is a disease that should not be taken lightly. If you snore have a sleep study done.

Ask: Ask your sleeping partner if you stop breathing in your sleep! if so, get tested for sleep apnea!

Losing: Losing weight is one of the most important factors for helping improve your sleep apnea condition.

Don't: Don't let anyone just plan on removing your entire uvula! it actually serves a purpose!

Wearing: Wearing an appliance to bring the lower jaw forward can open the airway and keep snoring down.

Enlarged: Enlarged adenoids can obstruct the airway, necessitating their removal.

Strive: Strive for weight loss, do not smoke, get sleep eval, c-pap may help, surgery may be an option.

Don't: Don't ignore snoring or daytime sleepiness! sleep apnea is life-threatening, but treatable.

Dental: Dental appliance (mouth guard), surgery, cpap, bipap: all options to discuss w/your doctor.

Treat: Treat allergies, sinus infections, gerd and lose weight. See an ENT specialist for help.

Cover: Cover your bedding with allergy-proof encasements. Sleep with your head elevated.

Dental: Dental devices, cpap, medical treatments and surgery can fix snoring and apnea.

When: When having surgery, always bring your CPAP machine with you. It fits better and is more effective.

It: It can lead to high blood pressure and heart problems so do not leave it untreated!

Weight: Weight loss including healthy diet and exercise are essential. Avoid smoking!

CPAP: CPAP is the standard of care, surgery if CPAP fails including nasal and oral procedures. See an ent.

CPAP: CPAP is very effective at treating sleep apnea-mild or severe. Dental devices are ok for mild only.

Have: Have your cpap/bipap machines checked on a regular basis to make sure you are getting enough o2 at night.

One: One of the most common risk factors of sleep apnea is being overweight. Recommend losing weight.

With: With each change of season, you may need to adjust the temperature & humidity settings on your cpap.

There: There are many treatments for sleep apnea, the best is weight loss.

Follow: Follow your physician's advice, lose weight, and wear your CPAP if you have one.

Your: Your dentist may be able to make a mouthpiece to help open your airway if that is what is needed.

Use: Use CPAP or bipap to correct obstructive sleep apnea which is the most common type of sleep apnea.

Airway: Airway management is essential. Options are oral appliances, cpap, and surgery.

There: There is surgery, oral appliances and cpap. Try cpap.

Drugs not a cure: Get to a treatment that will manage this long term and your tiredness symptoms will be much better.

Oral Appliances: Oral appliances are indicated for use in patients with mild or moderate obstructive sleep apnea.

Oxygen alone : True obstructive sleep apnea can only be treated by addressing a restricted or collapsed airway.

Weight: Weight loss and CPAP are both effective.

Weight: Weight loss is key for better control of sleep apnea.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: thin white flow generator filters are disposable & need regular replacement.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: empty the water chamber daily if you have CPAP with a humidifier.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: if you have CPAP with a humidifier, se distilled water for the humidifier chamber.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: if you have CPAP with a humidifier, clean the humidifier chamber every week.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: always fill the humidifier chamber away from your CPAP machine to prevent spills.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: if your mask starts to leak over time, the mask cushion may need replacement.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: a chin strap may help to prevent dry mouth from CPAP use.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: stomach filled with air after CPAP use? Use fewer pillows.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: stomach in air not improved w pillow changes? CPAP pressure may need to be dropped.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: use your CPAP machine so that when you sleep your heart can rest too.

Sleep: Sleep apnea 101: sanitizing units are available to clean your CPAP machine without tube disassembly.

Loud: Loud snoring, breathing stops, A.M. Headache, insomnia & daytime sleepiness? Check for sleep apnea.

"Provent: "provent nasal epap" can be an alternative to CPAP in some patients with osa - with no mask needed.

C-PAP: C-pap is gold standard, but many do not tolerate it. New dental devices seem very helpful indeed.

ONLY: Only an overnight sleep study can confirm diagnosis of sleep apnea.

LOSING: Losing weight every pound can decrease severity of sleep apnea. Sleeping on side may also help.

CPAP: CPAP or autopap is the gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea treatment.

Work: Work with the company that supplied your CPAP machine. Often they have many different mask to try!

It: Is difficult on your partner, sleep machines are great solution.

More: More comfortable options available to sleep apnea patients now including non-mask devices.

More: More comfortable, quieter options available to sleep apnea patients now, including non-mask devices.

As: As each season changes, be sure to adjust the temperature & humidity settings on your CPAP machine!

In: In 40 years the rate of obesity has more than doubled in this country from 15% to 36%.

If: If you need to take a nap just to get through the day, it is time to take action.

The: The best way to assess sleep apnea is proper history &, if indicated, a sleep study (polysomnogram).

If: If you have a stable sleep apnea and use your machine, you still need to see a sleep doctor yearly.

You: You should clean your CPAP hose and mask on daily basis and dry it on shower bar.

Mild: Mild to moderate apnea can be treated with an oral appliance made by a qualified and trained dentist.

Check: Check with your sleep physician about a tap/pap that can support a nasal pillow instead of a mask.

Myth:: Myth: i'm just tired, and sleep apnea is no big deal.

DO: Do use your CPAP regularly and do not skip it as you may not wake up where you went to sleep.

With: With today's silent masks and improved technology, CPAP is much more tolerable today than before.

Accept: Accept it as a fact and do not fight it. Worse things happen to those who fight it.

If: If your are too claustrophobic for cpap, consider an oral advancement device or surgery.

Sleep: Sleep apnea alone increases risks of all types of surgery. Talk with an anesthesiologist about it.

Weight: Weight loss, surgery, medication can all help. If serious enough, may need tracheostomy.

Weight: Weight loss is one of the most important issues in managing sleep apnea.

Sleep: Sleep apnea has alternative treatment to CPAP including oral appliances or surgery.

Optimal: Optimal control of sleep apnea will help you make more money and get promotions+ less fights at home.

Have: Have sleep apnea? Loose weight, avoid sedative and alcohol in night, follow with sleep spacialist.

CPAP: CPAP and weight loss are effective in treatment og sleep apnea.

Weight: Weight loss and CPAP are effective in controlling sleep apnea.

Weight: Weight loss can improve sleep apnea in many cases.

CPAP: CPAP masks worn at night help many people with sleep apnea.

Lose: Lose weight. It's the best treatment for sleep apnea.

Weight: Weight loss and exercise can be a key in eliminating need for CPAP machine in some individuals.

Mandibular: Mandibular advancement (bsso) and also genial tubercle advancement show good results.

Surgical: Surgical tx to remove respiration- impairing structures have success rates only 20 to 40 percent.

Snoring: Snoring & osa are treatable with a variety of methods and you do not have to live with the symptoms.

If: If you have mild -moderate sleep apnea, try a dental device to fix your apnea.

50%: 50% of people living with untreated sleep apnea will suffer a stroke or heart attack!

Untreated: Untreated sleep apnea has been related to injuries at work, car accidents, heart attacks ; strokes.

Using: Using CPAP machine: if you have problems with the face mask, ask to try a different one !

Ignore: First have a sleep study done to determine what type of apnea you have so you know how to treat it.

Ignore: Whatever you can do to open your airway while you are sleeping that is comfortable for you.

Ignore: A CPAP machine is most common, and if u can't use the mask try the nasal pillows. Surgery last resor.

Ignore: Use your cpap, change your mask and hoses every6 months, and keep your machine clean.

Ignore: It's a myth that: if i'm obese, it probably won't go away if i lose a lot of weight, so why try?

Ignore: Insurance covers every 6 months maintenance and change of gear do do it!'.

Ignore: Using your machine will allow deeper sleep and u will become more energetic as u catch up.

Ignore: C-pap is tough to tolerate, and some dental splints will do just as good a job.

Ignore: First do a sleep study. Losing weight can help. Avoid alcohol. Exercise regularly. Follow drs advice.

Do: Do use CPAP machine if it was recommended for sleep apnea.