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Question by ittytrex: Does anyone out there have a forced air machine for sleep apnea?
My boyfriend has sleep apnea and we are looking for a sleep apnea forced air machine to buy. He does not have insurance and the doctor wants him to stay overnight at a sleep center to confirm that he actually has sleep apnea. The cost of the sleep clinic is $ 2300.00 for (1) night!! I know he has sleep apnea and the only treatment for it is a forced air machine. In the meantime he is not getting any quality sleep and is affecting his daily life!! Please Help Us!!
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Answer by abqdan
You mean a CPAP – these are commonly prescribed for people with apnea. Apnea can be a serious problem, but there is some concern that sleep clinics and the CPAP machines have become big business. There is no accurate diagnosis of sleep apnea where a machine becomes essential. Most people, once they get used to the noise, do sleep well using these machines, but other remedies might also have helped.
Sleeping on the back is often a problem. An old solution to that is to tape a tennis ball to the back of a T shirt and wear that in bed – it prevents the person from sleeping on their back; and that’s pretty cheap!
Other options may be repair of a deviated septum, or other surgery to fix problems in the throat.
If your partner does not frequently stop breathing during the night, a CPAP may not really be necessary.
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It is a CPAP machine and yes ALOT of people have them out there. I’m sure what ever hospital he goes to they should have a financial counselor to help arrange charity medical care.
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Both of my parents have sleep apnea and have a CPAP machine, they stayed overnight at the hostpital to verify it. They got a sleeping machine from American Home Patient, but I’m sure where you live there could be a place to get them, You may want to get insurance though.