It’s a machine that supports your breathing while you sleep. If you have sleep apnea, you will stop breathing multiple times during the night, which will prevent you from properly resting. CPAP machine connects to a mask on your face and produces a slightly elevated air pressure, which forces air into your lungs.
This CPAP thing sounds amazing. If only I knew what ot stands for. No, searching doesnt yield anything related
diablicja@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
How do I know of i need one? Also, i see prices from 500€ to 3500€, what is the “OK” price?
diablicja@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
If you suspect you might have sleep apnea, you should first see a doctor. I see you use €, so there’s a chance you won’t need to pay to use a machine - you might get one from your health care operator for free.
For example: my family member in Finland got a diagnosis, and with it he got issued a machine, on the condition that he uses it on most nights. The machine is internet connected. Once a year a doctor makes a remote check-up: they look through the data collected by the machine to see if it works well for you (effective air pressure, persistent obstructions etc.). If you use the machine on most nights (at least 70% of the year), you get to keep it for another year. You also get a new mask, hose and air filter once a year for free.
I hope you can have a similar experience in your home country.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Ok thank you for a detailed answer, it makes more sense now
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 55 minutes ago
Seriously? Searching CPAP found nothing? Using Edge?
Just a warning about CPAP, Americans seem to love these things but the reality is they do nothing for mild apnea and even for severe apnea, only 50% effective because it’s difficult to sleep with a pressure mask on your face.
Some of the devices sold with FDA approval don’t even work.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11789234/