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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but a snorer. Snoring isn’t always apnea though, right? I snore but it’s very regular. My concern about sleep studies is I’m skeptical they ever find that someone doesn’t need a cpap device. There’s a lot of $$$ to be made in this area.[/quote]

Are you kidding me?[/quote]

I am not the person who posted that comment but I too have had doubts. There are lots of reasons to be skeptical, as spending on sleep studies and CPAP machines has soared, with many stories of people being referred for expensive tests without good reason, and being sold machines without any attempt to first treat the apnea  through other means. [/quote]

I might be the person that posted that comment. I think my DH and I are going to get tested. It sounds like the newer cpaps are less difficult to get used to which is good to know. [b]I am still somewhat skeptical because I actually know a number of friends and spouses that have been diagnosed with it. These people are at most mildly overweight by the way.[/b] Just anecdotally it would seem like the incidence of sleep apnea is like 50 percent. Is that the case????

One of the people I know was given a dental appliance instead of a cpap. Anyone know about that? It sounds less pleasant than a cpap actually.[/quote]

You need to do your research - while being overweight can be a contributing factor or even a cause in SOME cases, there are many other factors at play - narrowing/collapsing airways, the anatomy of your jaw/tongue, genetics, allergies, etc etc. It’s not just a weight related problem. And if you’re implying that hospitals fabricate or manipulate sleep study results…that’s crazy  [/quote]

I don’t think hospitals are doing sleep studies. These are sleep centers that are privately run right? I confess I work on healthcare fraud issues so I am a skeptic. [/quote]

Yes, hospitals do sleep studies. [/quote]

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