HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE SLEEP APNEA??? OSA VS UARS

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It can be super frustrating when you don't sleep well to find solutions that work. From talking about sleep apnea and issues related to sleep quality with friends over the last few years, one thing I have consistently seen is they know something is wrong yet never go and get sleep tested. I think this is partly due to the fact that when most people think sleep apnea, their first thought is wearing a mask, and the next thought is NOPE! haha

However, today there are so many other solutions and considering the fact that you not sleeping probably has something to do with your breathing, that means you don't breathe well all day every day! Today might be a good time to try and fix that!

With that being said there are what I consider two subtypes of sleep apnea, OSA (OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA) and UARS (UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME).

OSA- Think old guy napping across the room on the couch in the middle of the day. 40 pounds overweight and he's snoring like you see made fun of in the movies.

UARS- thin, younger male/female, skinny, fit person who has had issues with allergies, asthma, breathing in general and they might not even necessarily snore audibly. My sleep doc told me pretty much every female over 40 snores, it's just not at frequency that's audible. This person might not stop breathing or snore, but they tend to have labored breathing all night long.

The issue I have found with medicine is that the criteria for UARS is all over the board, and therefore testing for it is as well. OSA has been around forever, but for many who may be a UARS person, are tested against OSA standards in a lab because the sleep center/doc doesn't understand the distinction and how to properly shake things out when testing a person, therefore they fall through the cracks.

I worked with Dr. Avram Gold, out of Stonybrook Hospital in Long Island, and the two things people should confirm before deciding to test somewhere for UARS is this:

1. You need to be measuring pressure at the nose and the mouth w a pressure transducer (this gives you a quality reading on the inspiratory airflow)
2. You need to be able to recognize inspiratory airflow when you see it

**These people will probably slip through the cracks with an at home test, and this is from my personal experience as well as asking many others who I have talked to and had the same results as me and then tested properly in a lab for someone who really knew how to diagnose UARS

This post is due to it costing me years of poor health and frustration because I didn't think anything was wrong, and when doctors don't understand how to test for UARS most end up giving you a CPAP with pressures that don't work. Then you end up trying it and it can't work, which leaves you feeling lost and wondering what the hell you do now!

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