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Is severe hypoxia--most likely a result of friend's heart failure--helped by CPAP?
My friend, "H," has increasing difficulty sleeping. I suggested he ask his doctor about CPAP. His residency is PRAGUE, CZ.
Q. What if his sleep disturbances are related to his heart and NOT just to sleep apnea? Wiill CPAP slow his decline--he can hardly work through a 6 hour day at 2 universities in PRAGUE and his ability to continue writing in a hardbacked chair is virtually intolerable--(leg pain reduced when keeping legs raised above heart level).
He is a brilliant professor and writer in Psychology. He isa 84 years of age. I told him that no matter the cause of hypoxia, the condition is also caused by several other common diseases. He is now open to some "heart help." His wife wrote me and asked the above question: Is severe hypoxia--most likely a result of friend's heart failure--helped by CPAP?
Thanks for any info you can provide.
Blake Mooney
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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hypoxia is most likely to be cause by apnea
a cpap will address that problem perhaps with supplemental oxygen feed attacted
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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IF hypoxia occurs at rest due to airway obstruction OR the brain failing to remind the body to breathe then, yes, xPAP can help. Not necessarily "just" CPAP, it may require a bi-level PAP or even a more sophisticated type of xPAP.
CPAP is not able to address daytime hypoxia. I would think that supplemental oxygen around the clock might help if he hasn't resorted to that already. However, that is in the cardiologist's realm.
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As others have said, CPAP, Bipap, or AutoPAP may help if he is having airway obstruction...
However, if that is NOT the cause, then an Oxygen Concentrator may help. These are small units and come both in non-portable (still small, about 50 cm tall x 30 cm x 10 cm) to smaller, portable units that can run on batteries for a couple hours. These units can provide from 1 to 6 liters per minute of pure oxygen and it is applied via a nasal cannula. He should probably get 2 units - one for home and one for his office (if he still goes in). He can get a LONG hose that can lay on the floor and he can walk around with it. I think they have hoses up to 30 or 50 feet (10 to 17 meters).
If he was a heavy smoker, he may have emphysema or other lung related ailments. In this case, the Oxygen Concentrator should help too. I hope you can get him to a proper doctor and get this taken care of! Good Luck!
Carl
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