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diablicja@lemmy.zip 2 weeks agoIt’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.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
Ok thank you for a detailed answer, it makes more sense now
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
In Estonia I paid around 90 euros for a ResMed AirSense 10 + mask, opted for the 10 over the 11 because I didn’t want a touchscreen.
The machine alone is listed as 595€ at the company I bought it from.
The sleep nurse that did most of the work (as opposed to the doctor who glanced at the test charts and stuff and gave the diagnosis) showed me multiple different options and said that was the best in her opinion, as it’s relatively quiet compared to some others on the market. That’s not to say they won’t do the medically important job of saving your life (untreated sleep apnea can take quite a few years off your lifespan), they’re just a bit more likely to keep you and/or your partner awake at night with the noise.
Of course there may be much more expensive options out there that are even better, but that’s what I had available to me through national health insurance.
Also here in Estonia I don’t get the thing the other person described: I had to pay for 10% of the cost outright, but it’s mine to keep forever, no matter how much I use it or not. Every 5 years I get a new prescription for a machine if I want, and every year for a mask (doesn’t mean I have to buy a new mask every year, but allows me to experiment or replace for cheap)