Re: Is this apnea test ok?

[Guest guest]

I would search it on Google.. I knwo nothing abiot that test.

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[Guest guest]

Hi sol,

My brother was diagnosed with sleep apnea after that test. It measures the

oxygen saturation level while you sleep and if you stop breathing , it drops. If

it is positive, I think you have to go ahead with a sleep study.

[Guest guest]

My daughter just got this test through our ND and compounding pharmacy.

She will be doing it next week. If it shows she has a sleep apnea

problem, they recommend the sleep study, then maybe the CPAP.

K

>

> I think I should have asked this first: The test I can get here is

some

> kind of oximeter that clips to your finger (I think they said finger)

> and that goes to a box that records your oxygen levels while you

sleep.

> Is that an adequate test for sleep apnea? If this test works, I

figured

> it is so easy, I should go ahead, while I still have any medical

> insurance, even if crappy, LOL.

> I guess if it isn't a reliable test, I'll go back to putting off

testing

> apnea for the forseeable future.

> sol

>

[Guest guest]

K,

Please let us know results. And I'd like to thank everyone who gave me

comments and input. I have some good questions to ask the PA.

thanks,

sol

tapmom5113 wrote:

> My daughter just got this test through our ND and compounding pharmacy.

> She will be doing it next week. If it shows she has a sleep apnea

> problem, they recommend the sleep study, then maybe the CPAP.

>

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