CPAP Machine
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CPAP Alternative | CPAP Sleep Apnea | CPAP Apnea
Our goal is to present a complimentary technology that will help patients improve CPAP therapy compliance, to achieve better results.
CPAP simply stands for Continuous Positive Airflow. The CPAP machine is a medical device typically the size of a small shoe box used for sleep apnea treatment. CPAP pressure refers to the constant flow of forced oxygen into a CPAP mask to assist patients with obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea restore breathing function when it ceases.
One of the most important and often cumbersome task is choosing a CPAP mask, nasal CPAP or CPAP oral mask (specially designed for mouth breathers). It may require multiple visits, devices and adjustments by your respiratory therapist to identify the type of mask that is comfortable to wear yet provides an appropriate seal to prevent airflow leakage.
Overcoming Side-effects to Improve Compliance is Essential
You are ultimately responsible for the management of your condition. You will decide each evening if you are going to wear your CPAP mask throughout the night or not. It is important to understand that an individual who has not received treatment for sleep apnea may repeatedly stop breathing during the night for intervals often adding up to a minute or longer; this emphasizes why it is important to use the machine while you sleep.
Facial moisturizers will provide relief and help heal inflamed facial tissue in contact with the CPAP mask.
Allergies and colds can frustrate an individual's ability to wear a CPAP mask, requiring the use of a CPAP oral mask.
Sore sinus passages, nasal congestion, throat irritation and dry mouth side-effects associated with CPAP therapy negatively impact a patients desire to follow the treatment plan outlined by their physician or respiratory therapist. Pulsatile Irrigation administers a gentle buffered saline solution that helps clear the sinus passages of debris to relieve congestion.
The SinuPulse Elite system uses pulsatile irrigation technology to gently cleanse the nose. An additional misting attachment was designed to help moisturize irritated sinus passages and provide relief from the problems caused by CPAP.
If you desire more information, we invite you to review the Respiraid website to learn how the SinuPulse Elite System is being used by physicians, patient caregivers and patients to get relief and manage their disease states.
