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It seems like we could further categorize the Surgical intervention solutions into a nose, mouth, and throat solutions. What does everyone think? DrDillard ( talk) 18:05, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
A few years ago, I found that DHEA was effective for my OSA. I wrote a little piece on it, which is at http://george-eby-research.com/html/DHEA-cure-for-sleep-apnea.html Obviously it would be self-serving for me to place it on the OSA page, and I will not do it. However, there is a patent by others on the discovery shown on my page. Perhaps someone would like to put that patent and a discussion of it on the page. I will not do it for obvious reasons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgeeby ( talk • contribs) 18:59, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
The sleep apnea page was getting really long, so the OSA-specific information has been moved to this page. Please add OSA details to this article, not to the four-paragraph summary on the general sleep apnea page. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 19:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
doi: 10.1093/bmb/ldh044 - free and jolly comprehensive. JFW | T@lk 00:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
OSA is linked to many other serious diseases - cardiac, blood pressure for example. Equally the links between vehicular accidents and OSA should be made clear.
A good article, for sure...but there's mention of new APAP devices not being covered by insurance, while 'FDA-approved'. Well, this isn't very interesting if you don't live in America. How about Europe's biggest employer, the UK NHS (National Health Service)? For example. What's their policy on these devices, does anyone know?
92.24.50.203 ( talk) 20:49, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
I intent to refine the section Diagnosis, to emphasis that the types of tests available range along a continuum, rather than within two discrete types only aka of PSG and Home-oxymetry. Let me know if you have any objeciton here, cheers-- MarmotteiNoZ 20:50, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
There are a number of issues in this article - but one that I think could be tackled relatively easily would be the distinction between risk factors and causes. The article already calls attention to advanced age, low muscle tone, etc. in both sections - it would make sense to combine both sections into the risk factors one. Also, obesity isn't mentioned anywhere, even though it's certainly a risk factor for OSA (even though it's highly collinear with neck circumference, muscle tone, and lifestyle factors which are OSA-provocative). What do others think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cknoepke ( talk • contribs) 14:00, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I agree that this section "Causes" needs to be edited. I suggest that the first part could be a new section called "Pathophysiology" and a second part called "Causes and risk factors ". — Preceding unsigned comment added by InsteadofSleep ( talk • contribs) 20:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)
I think the information in this part is wonderful. Though, as the author says, this is currently research and not treatment, so perhaps it should be moved out of the Treatment section and into a new "Research" section. Yes? MarcoPolo419 ( talk) 13:49, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
I can certainly see why there might be certain therapies preferred over others, but its hard to believe that no one uses oxygen supplementation or an oxygen concentrator to treat OSA. Do they? QuintBy ( talk) 00:16, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
... improves with treatment doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001762 JFW | T@lk 00:43, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
My son is due for a tonsilectomy tomorrow to treat his obstructive sleep apnoea. Don't ask me how, but I managed to get a pretty sharp photo of his enlarged tonsils - would this be of any interest as an illustrative aid to the relevant section of this article? Carnivoredaddy ( talk) 15:08, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
I would also add a section where the benefits of exercise are discussed. It was found in a peer review journal article that exercise can cause significant improvements in the overall number of sleep apneas and oxygen saturation of the lungs. This article also noted an increase in the ratings of the subjective sleep index. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leearnoldml ( talk • contribs) 02:38, 5 December 2015 (UTC) [1]
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This page could use more harmonization with the Sleep apnea page. I don't have time to do a full job of this now, but am noting it here in case others might want to pick up parts of the job. Thanks. - Dan Eisenberg ( talk) 03:30, 15 August 2016 (UTC)
This statement makes zero sense.
204.48.46.11 ( talk) 21:36, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
The AHI thresholds for the diagnosis section should be differentiated based on adult vs. pediatric population. Prophylax ( talk) 20:34, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
Should there be discussion of the latest technology advancements to treating OSA? Prophylax ( talk) 20:35, 27 April 2024 (UTC)