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Permalink Reply by RL on
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I see this article as both good and bad. It is interesting to see the equipment on the person, but the nasal part just looks like the cannula for an oxygen feed. I don't see how that contributes to sensing if the person is breathing or not. The head band may read brain waves somehow, but how does that tell if there are actual apneas occurring. I think it would just indicate brain arousal. Also, the article states that snoring is a major symptom of SA. This is inadequate, as many people with SA have minimal or no noticeable snoring, and so many people reading this may think "I can't have SA because I don't snore". Not true!
Then, the article implies that insurance will not pay for an overnight sleep study at a lab, while also indicating that insurance may or may not pay for this home study. Many insurance plans do pay for overnight sleep studies at a lab. It appears to be an article functioning as a promotion for a particular product. It also quotes the patient as thinking that he would not be able to have a successful lab sleep study with the equipment hooked up to him. Many people may be afraid of this, when it is most often not the case, and if they discuss it with the sleep lab and/or doctor, there are things that can help avoid that issue.
I think if it actually gives enough relevant data which is then read by a knowledgeable doctor, it might be able to rule out SA for some, but for the patient in this article, he will probably need to go ahead and have the overnight lab test, and getting used to using the APAP may be more difficult for him since he is reluctant to have equipment on him before he has been tested and titrated.
The good thing is that someone reading this article may go ahead and ask their doctor about getting tested, starting the ball rolling on getting the needed testing and therapy, if needed.
If someone can explain in more detail how this devise works, I would be interested to hear about it. The way the article is written seems somewhat misleading to me.
I think that any doctor that would try to use this or a similar devise would need to be well educated in sleep medicine to make this successful for the patient. They would also need to know how to work with adjusting the pressure on an APAP machine since this home test would not help with titration.
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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RL would you like to be my PR manager?
RL said:I see this article as both good and bad. It is interesting to see the equipment on the person, but the nasal part just looks like the cannula for an oxygen feed. I don't see how that contributes to sensing if the person is breathing or not. The head band may read brain waves somehow, but how does that tell if there are actual apneas occurring. I think it would just indicate brain arousal. Also, the article states that snoring is a major symptom of SA. This is inadequate, as many people with SA have minimal or no noticeable snoring, and so many people reading this may think "I can't have SA because I don't snore". Not true!
Then, the article implies that insurance will not pay for an overnight sleep study at a lab, while also indicating that insurance may or may not pay for this home study. Many insurance plans do pay for overnight sleep studies at a lab. It appears to be an article functioning as a promotion for a particular product. It also quotes the patient as thinking that he would not be able to have a successful lab sleep study with the equipment hooked up to him. Many people may be afraid of this, when it is most often not the case, and if they discuss it with the sleep lab and/or doctor, there are things that can help avoid that issue.
I think if it actually gives enough relevant data which is then read by a knowledgeable doctor, it might be able to rule out SA for some, but for the patient in this article, he will probably need to go ahead and have the overnight lab test, and getting used to using the APAP may be more difficult for him since he is reluctant to have equipment on him before he has been tested and titrated.
The good thing is that someone reading this article may go ahead and ask their doctor about getting tested, starting the ball rolling on getting the needed testing and therapy, if needed.
If someone can explain in more detail how this devise works, I would be interested to hear about it. The way the article is written seems somewhat misleading to me.
I think that any doctor that would try to use this or a similar devise would need to be well educated in sleep medicine to make this successful for the patient. They would also need to know how to work with adjusting the pressure on an APAP machine since this home test would not help with titration.
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