Why is that the case? Sleep apnea seems to be defined as a period with lower oxygen saturation in the blood with should be possible to be measured at home as well.
I have some experiences that suggest that I’m more likely to snore when I’m not sleeping in my own comfortable bed. It might be that the in-lab sleep test induces the sleep apnea on it’s own and isn’t representative of normal sleep.
Sleep apnea is when your airway is blocked so you’re not breathing during your sleep, which results in lower oxygen in your blood and repeatedly waking up to restart breathing. This fragments your sleep and leaves you feeling tired.
For a home test, I think the patient has to set up the equipment themselves, which I expect is more likely to result in bad data. Since doctors treat sleep apnea as a chronic condition, I would be surprised if sleeping in another bed caused it.
Having the head in a bad position can put pressure on your airways. There’s more pressure on the airways when the upper cervical vertebrae are in flexion then when they are in extension. Bad pillow height can also lead to pressure on the airways.
At the last LWCW I snored the first night. After a conversation with one of the room mates I focused on not flexing the top of the spine the next night and having a better pillow height and I didn’t snore the second night.
Given the reports from people who sleep with me when I’m at my home, I don’t snore at home. I had reports of me snoring at another event where I stayed overnight this summer.
Sleep apnea doesn’t seem to always coincide with snoring but I think pressure from the top vertebrae being in flexion could affect both.
Why is that the case? Sleep apnea seems to be defined as a period with lower oxygen saturation in the blood with should be possible to be measured at home as well.
I have some experiences that suggest that I’m more likely to snore when I’m not sleeping in my own comfortable bed. It might be that the in-lab sleep test induces the sleep apnea on it’s own and isn’t representative of normal sleep.
Sleep apnea is when your airway is blocked so you’re not breathing during your sleep, which results in lower oxygen in your blood and repeatedly waking up to restart breathing. This fragments your sleep and leaves you feeling tired.
For a home test, I think the patient has to set up the equipment themselves, which I expect is more likely to result in bad data. Since doctors treat sleep apnea as a chronic condition, I would be surprised if sleeping in another bed caused it.
Having the head in a bad position can put pressure on your airways. There’s more pressure on the airways when the upper cervical vertebrae are in flexion then when they are in extension. Bad pillow height can also lead to pressure on the airways.
At the last LWCW I snored the first night. After a conversation with one of the room mates I focused on not flexing the top of the spine the next night and having a better pillow height and I didn’t snore the second night.
Given the reports from people who sleep with me when I’m at my home, I don’t snore at home. I had reports of me snoring at another event where I stayed overnight this summer.
Sleep apnea doesn’t seem to always coincide with snoring but I think pressure from the top vertebrae being in flexion could affect both.
Sounds possible, though most people who snore don’t have sleep apnea.