Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome treatment

  Many patients have snoring, serious cases can be accompanied by daytime drowsiness and poor mental health, patients often have obesity or cardiovascular disease, it is recommended to make sleep monitoring to understand whether there is sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome, if there is, the treatment has the following suggestions: 1.General treatment: such as removing the cause or trigger, losing weight, sleeping on the side, avoiding drinking alcohol before bedtime and using sedatives, etc. 2.Medication: often the effect is not satisfactory unless it is caused by rhinitis, sinusitis or tonsillitis.  2, medication: often the effect is not ideal, unless it is caused by rhinitis, sinusitis or tonsillar hypertrophy, at which time medication can be used to reduce inflammation or swelling. 3, currently commonly used effective treatment is continuous positive airway ventilation therapy via the nose: wear a mask connected to the ventilator during sleep, the forced airflow generated by the ventilator to increase the pressure in the upper airway, whether in the state of inspiration or expiration can be maintained at a constant Pressure, so that the upper airway is always open to avoid collapse or obstruction.  4. Different types of oral appliances can also be used during sleep to lift the mandible or tongue forward and upward to increase the cross-sectional area of the pharynx and increase respiratory air flow.  5, surgical treatment, such as uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, many patients want to be treated surgically, once and for all, but it must be noted that for sleep apnea hypoventilation syndrome, surgery is not a panacea and may recur.