Re: High Hemoglobin Levels - treatments?

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Learning to wear a c-pap mask for sleep. I don't know your son, but I know

mine - would opt for surgery anytime to not go thru the torture of getting

him to wear anything on his face.

We do however, have some kids on sthis list who wear c-pap masks with great

sucess.

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> Hi everyone,

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> My son's doctor called and left a message about his latest blood test and

> one prior being high in hemoglobin. He suspects sleep apnia may be the

> cause...now we're off to ENT. already had tonsils and (partial)

> adnoids removed a few years ago...don't want to put him through more

> surgeries if we can find less invasive treatments...he's already been

> through so many!

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> So, since it's the weekend and I'm stirring over this until I can talk to a

> doc next week, thought I'd ask if anyone out there has encountered this

> issue. If so, any treatments other than surgical that may have helped?

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> Thanks,

> , mom to 7yrs, DS/ASD

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