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Suggest Treatment For Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
Question: My wfe says that when i snore foam comes out of my mouth, im 5'10 270, im 53, chronic back problems, degeneration disc disease, left knee pain due to autheritise, left ankle pain due to injury and autheritise. Im om my feet wearing, steal toes boots all day doing underground construction on piplines, have to keep working to get son through college. Have high hlood pressure, take three types of blood pressure medicine plus celebrax 200 mg, been tested for sleep apnia awaiting results.
Brief Answer:
Seems like OSA- Descriptive
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query.
You seem to be having obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and your sleep study results will show that.
You have multiple problems and most of these are related to your weight and job conditions.
Frothing can be there as during snoring in OSA patients, there are gaps in the breathing and during those gaps, secretions accumulate in the oral cavity. When your breath after a gap, those secretions come out as froth.
Your sleep study will tell the extent of problem.
A drug induced sleep endoscopy will give an idea about the level of obstruction.
Depending upon these reports, a surgical option or a CPAP/BIPAP machine option will be given to you.
That will solve your frothing problem.
Feel free to ask another query.
Regards
Seems like OSA- Descriptive
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the query.
You seem to be having obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and your sleep study results will show that.
You have multiple problems and most of these are related to your weight and job conditions.
Frothing can be there as during snoring in OSA patients, there are gaps in the breathing and during those gaps, secretions accumulate in the oral cavity. When your breath after a gap, those secretions come out as froth.
Your sleep study will tell the extent of problem.
A drug induced sleep endoscopy will give an idea about the level of obstruction.
Depending upon these reports, a surgical option or a CPAP/BIPAP machine option will be given to you.
That will solve your frothing problem.
Feel free to ask another query.
Regards
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