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CPAP Can Cause Central Sleep Apnea?
I have a woman in my AWAKE group who says she read- and that her doctor had told her -- that CPAP or BIPAP can actually CAUSE central sleep apnea to develop. Anyone know if there's truth to this? She writes:
That is beyond shocking because it suggests that this treatment is potentially LETHAL. ok so it does not always work-but CAUSING a severe neurological issue????????
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Permalink Reply by Terry Vella on
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Scooby, welcome, CSA is the brain telling the nervous system not to both breathing vs OSA a blockage. If your awake your brain doesn't tell you to stop breathing. I have a mix of OSA and CSA with the majority being OSA but never have a problem beathing during the day.
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Scooby, welcome, CSA is the brain telling the nervous system not to both breathing vs OSA a blockage. If your awake your brain doesn't tell you to stop breathing. I have a mix of OSA and CSA with the majority being OSA but never have a problem beathing during the day.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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Scooby, sleep apnea is by definition confined to times we are sleeping. If you are having episodes during the day when you don't breathe, run, don't walk to the closest neurologist or internal medicine doctor. If your daytime brain is forgetting to tell your respiratory centers to
breathe this is not central sleep apnea from your muscles becoming lazy and needing the CPAP to keep your airway open. It may be called central apnea and if so could be a sign of a serious neurological condition. Don't mean to scare you. If you are not breathing during the day it's very serious. It's not lazy muscles, but a brain problem.
Please go to the doctor today, and report back! This could be very serious.
I think it is true that too high of a pressure can cause central sleep apnea, but I don't understand the mechanism. This is not what you have Scooby.
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Permalink Reply by Kath Hope www.hope2Sleep.co.uk on
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Scooby, there was a discussion about daytime stopping breathing on here a few months ago..... http://www.sleepguide.com/forum/topics/holding-breath-whilst-awake
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Hi Terry, Mary, and Kath, Thank you so much for the information you posted. I will definitely go and see a doctor soon and have it checked out. I hope it is nothing serious. Fingers crossed.
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