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How can I cure my husband's snoring?

(Most men are motivated by women to get this done as the women are the ones that actually 'suffer.')

Snoring can affect not only the patient but also anyone who sleeps with or near the patient. Many people who snore have sleep apnea. Because sleep apnea can cause additional health problems such as cardiovascular disease and stroke, it is important to find out whether snoring is a sign of a more serious problem such as sleep apnea.

In order to better understand whether your husband only snores or whether sleep apnea is the diagnosis, he will need to make an appointment with Dr. Michael Friedman or his colleges at the Advanced Center for Specialty Care, a sleep diagnostic center in Chicago. After obtaining a medical history and discussing the symptoms and snoring patterns, the doctor will examine the airway to look for any obvious areas of obstruction. Although the doctor can evaluate a patient’s risk for sleep apnea in this visit, a diagnosis is not made until a Chicago sleep lab performs a test called a polysomnogram.

A polysomnogram (sleep study) is a computerized recording of the brain and cardiovascular activity during overnight sleep to evaluate sleep patterns. Traditionally, sleep studies were performed in hospitals or storefront sleep “labs,” where it is often difficult to sleep comfortably. Sleep Diagnostics offers testing in a luxurious hotel suite or in your own home to create an environment that allows comfortable, relaxed, and sleep. Checking into a comfortable hotel creates a secure, relaxed atmosphere essential for a good nights sleep.

Whether your husband is diagnosed at the Chicago sleep lab with sleep apnea or it is determined that snoring is occurring alone without apneic events, there are many treatment options. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is often the first treatment. This therapy involves using a device connected to a face mask worn at night by the patient. Continuous pressurized air is generated by the device to keep the airways open throughout both inhalation and exhalation. This treatment is very effective for reducing snoring volume and decreasing apenic events. Other non-surgical treatments include oral devices worn at night to open the airway.

Many surgical techniques to provide permanent airway enlargement have shown excellent results for the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. Many of these procedures are minimally invasive and some can be done right in the doctor’s office. One such example for the treatment of sleep apnea and snoring is the palatal implant technique .

If CPAP does not provide sufficient relief or is not tolerated, minimally invasive procedures or surgery to permanently open the upper airway are available. If your husband snores encourage him to get tested for sleep apnea at a Sleep Diagnostics Chicago sleep lab , there are many options for snoring and apnea treatment in Chicago .
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