CPAP Blog

Sleep Apnea is a complex disorder and even though I think I understand it all pretty well, there’s nothing like hearing about it from a real doctor (which I’m not). For that reason, I read Michael Rack’s blog, Steven Poceta’s site and Michael Breus’ blog on WebMD. They kow what they are talking about as they have studied these topics for years.

I found another doctor entering the sleep apnea blogosphere today. Dr. Jonathan Greenburg’s Sleep Apnea and Snoring blog is off to a promising start with plenty of useful info in terms we can all understand. Dr. Greenburg has a dentistry background and runs a clinic for sleep apnea patients in California. He recognizes CPAP as the number one form of treatment but also realizes that for some patients, oral solutions may be a good choice too. By offering both solutions he can cater for the entire spectrum of patients.

On his blog you can read why baby boomers are at risk and a guide to sleep apnea with suitable solutions for this disorder.

This blog is a good candidate to be added to the blogroll here, it’s in my feedreader alongside a dozen others I’ll discuss later. Let’s keep an eye on it!

Next in line for our weekly look at who’s who in CPAP land: ProBasics. PMI is the company, ProBasics their umbrella name for their health care range of products. The ProBasics range includes wheelchairs and oxygen regulators and since recently also CPAP.

The ProBasics Zzz-PAP with optional integrated heated humidifier quickly took the US market by storm, in particular for its revolutionary small size. Excellently suited a second machine for travel, ProBasics entered the market with their Zzz-PAP and really pushed the envelope in terms of meeting consumer demand.

More info on PMI via first link above.

I’ve been reading Dr. Michael Breus’ WebMD Blog called Sleep Disorders for months and only just discovered their video section. In their Video Section, they have hundreds of short clips on a variety of health topics, ranging from ADD/ADHD and Cancer down to Depression, Diabetes, Health for the Heart and Women’s Health.

Most interesting to readers of this blog will be the Sleep section. It is Dr. Breus himself in this video about Sleep Apnea and CPAP treatment who introduces this sleep disorder and its recommended form of therapy in a 2 minutes ‘quick guide’. In this clip, they follow a patient from initial consultation, via a sleep test in a very comfortable clinic, to being fitting with CPAP. At the end they follow up with the guy’s family and learn about the changes it has made to their lives.

In another video, they take you through the process of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea. They compare an in-hospital overnight stay to a wrist-worn diagnostics device which can be used in-home.

Other videos on WebMD discuss Restless Leg Syndrome,  your body clock and how fat kills. The WebMD site is a highly recommended source for sleep apnea patients and all those with an interest in health.