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Side Effects of CPAP Facial Masks

Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, is a common and effective treatment for sleep apnea. If you have sleep apnea, your airway becomes blocked during sleep when soft tissue in the throat...

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Side Effects of Using a CPAP Machine

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines are the most effective nonsurgical treatment for obstructive sleep apnea in adults, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology. However,...

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CPAP Side Effects

Although continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective treatment for sleep apnea, only about 60 percent of people continue using CPAP for more than a few months, according to the American...

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How to Change Pressure Respironics on a Virtuoso CPAP

According to the Mayo Clinic, sleep apnea is a common condition affecting men and women. Characterized by pauses or shallow breathing, sleep patterns are disturbed resulting in tiredness even after...

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How to Adjust Remstar 1005962

Constant Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines are designed to provide an effective and comfortable treatment for sleep apnea. It is important to regularly maintain your machine in order to achieve...

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How to Be Approved for a CPAP Machine

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the most common treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, a condition in which a person periodically stops breathing when asleep. CPAP works by blowing...

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How to Replace Your CPAP or BiPAP

Those who use a CPAP or BiPAP machine for treatment of a sleeping disorder understand the importance of that machine being functional and in good condition. Over time, these machines wear out, just as...

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How to Find Individual Circadian Rhythm

Circadian rhythms are driven by your internal body clock and govern the physiological and mental changes that occur over a 24-hour period, determining when you feel like eating, waking up and sleeping....

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How to Keep Awake When Working Nights

Working late shifts can be tough for most lifestyles. After all, when most people are just settling in at home after a long day on the job, you are just heading to work for the night. When it's dark...

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How to Help My Husband Who Snores

Most people snore every now and then with the most common causes being poor sleep position and abnormalities in throat tissue, says a 2011 Helpguide website article. Excess weight, age and gender can...

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How to End Afternoon Sleepiness

It's common to have days when you feel tired and agitated in the afternoon. For some, this sleepiness is a daily occurrence that interferes with their work, taking care of their children or leisure...

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How Does Lighting Affect Us?

Our bodies require a certain amount of exposure to natural light every day to function properly and create the enzymes and proteins necessary to our health, according to the Sound Sleeping website. We...

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How to Replace Smart Cards in CPAP Machines

CPAP machine data cards are easy to remove and replace. Located at the rear of CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) machines, CPAP smart data card slots resemble SD card slots inside the base of...

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What Happens If You Don't Clean CPAP Mask?

A CPAP is a treatment machine that provides continuous positive airway pressure. CPAP treatment is given to people who have breathing problems. The CPAP mask may cover both your nose and mouth or just...

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Things to Do When You Wake Up in the Middle of the Night

Nothing is more annoying than falling asleep at a decent hour, only to wake up again at 2 or 3 a.m. The inability to fall or stay asleep is called insomnia, and it is a common problem. Insomnia affects...

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Consequences of Disrupted Sleep

A May 2008 Better Sleep Council article cites studies that estimate that $150 billion per year is lost in productivity and absenteeism due to sleep problems. A Council survey in 2007 also indicated...

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How to Stimulate Alertness

Feeling mentally alert and thinking clearly can have a huge impact on your daily activities. But several factors can decrease alertness, triggering a mental fog, slow responses or an overall sluggish...

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What Are Nightmares & How Do They Occur?

Nightmares are universal human experiences that span across cultures and ages. They are frightening dreams that can arouse people from sleep and leave them with unpleasant emotions, such as fear, guilt...

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What Are CPAP Machines?

A continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, machine provides a constant flow of air to the user. The machine uses air from the room rather than concentrated oxygen. Doctors commonly prescribe CPAP...

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How to Fight Afternoon Tiredness

If you are like many other people, you go to work in the morning, eat lunch and then around 3 p.m. you find yourself falling into a slump. Being tired can be the result of unhealthy habits, stress or...

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