Is obstructive sleep apnea curable?

Yes: CPAP will greatly help symptoms, this is a mask that applies a low level of air pressure to the airway keeping it from blocking during sleep and effectively treats sleep apnea. In most patients the sleep apnea is related to obesity. Weight loss will help and sometimes even cure the sleep apnea.

Yes: Sleep apnea is almost always curable by CPAP or surgery, or both.

Manageable: It is treatable, not curable. Open the airway by various means. Weight loss, CPAP or mads can help for obstructive sleep apnea. Surgical alternatives also exist. Combination treatments offer great promise.

Some helpful hints: There are things that can be done to help lessen symptoms and depending on severity, may eliminate them. Weight loss, avoidance of sedating chemicals or medications, avoiding supine sleep can help. There is an oral device that a dentist can make and some medical therapies from an ENT that can help. Pap therapy is still the gold standard treatment and splints the airways open.