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Your Severity of Sleep Apnea
Do you have Mild Sleep Apnea, Moderate Sleep Apnea or Severe Sleep Apnea?
Mild Sleep Apnea = AHI between 5 and 15
Moderate Sleep Apnea = AHI between 15 and 30
Severe Sleep Apnea = AHI > 30
Trying to get a sense of how we break down as a group here on the forum.
Mild Sleep Apnea = AHI between 5 and 15
Moderate Sleep Apnea = AHI between 15 and 30
Severe Sleep Apnea = AHI > 30
Trying to get a sense of how we break down as a group here on the forum.
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Permalink Reply by Melinda Hertel on
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Hi, Belinda. The medical standard is an AHI of 30 or above is considered severe. I don't think it differs from country to country.
Belinda Haman said:Mine is 32 episodes per hour which puts me in the severe I guess, although my sleep doc told me I was in the high moderate so I am confused now, maybe the scale changes from US to Canada???? Can anyone give me clarification on this???
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Permalink Reply by Elaine Hooton on
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I'm mild. My hubby, who is on here, but probably won't answer is moderate.
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Permalink Reply by Marjorie on
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Moderate for me. If you have a BIPAP machine as opposed to a CPAP does that mean your worse?
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Permalink Reply by tushygalore on
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Don't know yet but I'm doing my sleep study tomorrow and I'm hoping I'll get the results quickly and be able to refer to your chart and reply to this properly
-Elissa-
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Permalink Reply by Lori deutsch on
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severe 60 AHI
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Permalink Reply by Martha G. Lee on
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My husband and I are both severe.
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Permalink Reply by Karel McKinney on
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Mild 12 episodes per hour. I am talking to my husband about getting tested. He is resistant however.
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Permalink Reply by peg richardson on
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severe AHI 55
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Permalink Reply by RockRpsgt on
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your on the line. Yours could be considered high moderate just as easy as beeasleep's could be considered low severe or vice versa. These are just AASM and medicare guidelines. The call belongs to the interpreting doc.
Belinda Haman said:Mine is 32 episodes per hour which puts me in the severe I guess, although my sleep doc told me I was in the high moderate so I am confused now, maybe the scale changes from US to Canada???? Can anyone give me clarification on this???
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Sorry Belinda I did not see your post
Melinda Hertel said:Hi, Belinda. The medical standard is an AHI of 30 or above is considered severe. I don't think it differs from country to country.
Belinda Haman said:Mine is 32 episodes per hour which puts me in the severe I guess, although my sleep doc told me I was in the high moderate so I am confused now, maybe the scale changes from US to Canada???? Can anyone give me clarification on this???
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