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Question: Does anyone out there have a forced air machine for sleep apnea?My boyfriend has sleep apnea and we are looking for a sleep apnea forced air machine to buy. He does not have insurance and the doctor wants him to stay overnight at a sleep center to confirm that he actually has sleep apnea. The cost of the sleep clinic is $2300.00 for (1) night!! I know he has sleep apnea and the only treatment for it is a forced air machine. In the meantime he is not getting any quality sleep and is affecting his daily life!! Please Help Us!!
Answer: You mean a CPAP - these are commonly prescribed for people with apnea. Apnea can be a serious problem, but there is some concern that sleep clinics and the CPAP machines have become big business. There is no accurate diagnosis of sleep apnea where a machine becomes essential. Most people, once they get used to the noise, do sleep well using these machines, but other remedies might also have helped.Sleeping on the back is often a problem. An old solution to that is to tape a tennis ball to the back of a T shirt and wear that in bed - it prevents the person from sleeping on their back; and that's pretty cheap!Other options may be repair of a deviated septum, or other surgery to fix problems in the throat.
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