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Does anyone have problems with throat closing up while sleeping?
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@narelled23 I would mention to your dentist and pulmonologist that you have a combination of sleep apnoea and asthma. I’m not sure if the dental splints are good in this combination or not. When I was a practising dentist, I only recommended splints for mild and moderate cases of apnea. They might recommend a CPAP machine instead. Your sleep study should have shown any hypopnea. Good luck to you, it’s hard going through all this and being exhausted at the same time.
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@drsharon
Hi there...I just checked my sleep studies and I originally had AHI of 43.9/hr and 76.9/hr when supine, 15.3 in REM.
I tried mouth taping and then had AHI of 21.8/hr, 38.7/hr when supine, 90 apnoeas and 44 hypopneas , with the longest apnoea being 75.4 secs...but now need to do a sleep study with the dental splint in to check how much difference that is making! All this to avoid using a CPap machine, which can't be sterilised.
Thank you for your input.
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@drsharon
I have had sleep studies done: severe Sleep apnoea but I have been trying to avoid Cpap machines because you can't sterilise them. Tried splint as an alternative. Last few nights back using splint I have managed to sleep so fingers crossed. Will check for hypopnea.
Thank you so much for your reply. 🙏