Imagine waking up in the morning after a night full of disturbed sleep.
Is there something worse than a bad night’s sleep?
And now imagine someone who wakes up dozens of times in an hour due to breathing pauses?
Now you can feel for those suffering from sleep apnea. It’s a disorder in which a patient’s mouth and nose’s soft inner tissues block the airway while sleeping pausing the breath. That led the patients to wake up gasping for breathing.
If you are suffering from destructive sleep apnea you know that most sufferers rely on CPAP machines.
And some patients don’t get addicted to sleeping apnea machines whether it be CPAP or BiPAP for no reason.
They ask, can sleep apnea be cured at home without CPAP, or can they sleep without a CPAP machine naturally?
This is what we will try to unearth, and on different aspects of curing it at home.
What is sleep apnea?
Sleep apnea is a disorder, in which patients in sleeping due to their inner mouth soft tissues resting on the airways, and the airways getting partially or fully closed, making patients deprived of oxygen. This leads to sudden waking up gasping for breath.
Most sleep apnea patients suffer from destructive sleep apnea. And around 4 percent of the total population around the world faces sleep apnea disorder.
And the chances of getting sleep apnea, or snoring increase with the age along with many other factors.
There are some signs and symptoms of sleep apnea. Like sleep apnea patients don’t get a good night’s sleep they wake up exhausted and fatigued.
Plus, morning headache is very common in them, dry mouth and nose, sore throat, and many other such conditions can point to sleep apnea.
If you have started witnessing such signs in your sleep pattern, don’t ignore them. The condition can put an adverse effect on your health in the longer run. T
his condition can lead to heart strokes, blood pressure, and many other mental or psychological issues.
Can Sleep Apnea be cured at home naturally?
If you want a blunt, straightforward, and simple answer, that’s ‘NO’. There is no official cure for obstructive sleep apnea.
The CPAP machine we used is not a cure though, it helps in managing the symptom and impact on the patients, and help them a good night’s sleep.
But, if you got sleep apnea due to a condition. Like you get sleep apnea after weight gain, smoking, and due to other reasons.
If you try to get rid of those habits and follow some exercise or therapy, the chances are your condition of sleep apnea can be reduced.
Proven sleep apnea cures without a CPAP Machine
Sleeping Position
Sleeping position is one of the important factors that can elevate or reduce the severity of your sleep apnea.
If you sleep on your back, from today you should start sleeping on your side. In back sleeping, more pressure is exerted on your airways from your mouth and nasal inner areas.
If you have mild sleep apnea, you will notice that there is an improvement in your condition.
One more thing, the height of your height should be higher than before. Pillow height, as well as the side of sleeping, are two major ways to enhance sleep hygiene in sleep apnea.
To raise the head level you are not required to buy the latest model mattress or bed with elevation features. You can put two books or an extra pillow on your bedsheet to increase the level.
Sleep Hygiene
Start taking care of your sleep and sleeping habits because you are already suffering from a disorder, you can’t take more.
Sleep hygiene involves anything and everything that destruct your sleeping pattern or sleeping time. It can involve a too firm bed, too hot or too cold environment, noisy surroundings, or late night sleep.
Start taking care of your sleep hygiene and follow the mentioned practice, it will help you get a sound night’s sleep.
No smartphone before an hour of bedtime: The latest study states that using a smartphone in bed not only disturbs your sleep pattern but interferes with your sound night’s sleep.
With blue light emitted from your phone, your mind gets tricked that it’s still daytime, and the result is Melatonin is surpassed and you don’t feel sleepy.
No more than a 30-minutes of nap time
Cut your nap time to 30-minutes, not less or more. If you take an hour-long nap during the day, you may have time to sleep in the night.
So, cut the nap time to 30-minutes, it will improve your sleeping pattern and impact a good night’s sleep.
Exercise every day
Maybe you work too hard and think of I am already involved in physical activities, no need for exercise.
Exercising and physical activities for your work are two different things, in exercise, your mind gets alerts and releases different chemicals than the physical activities or work you do.
So, save some time from your schedule for at least a 30-minute walk or gym.
Get Vitamin D
Vitamin D is essential for our body, take some sunshine, take some vitamin D, it will improve your sleeping pattern.
No Coffee, alcohol, or tobacco before bed
Cigarettes, coffee, and alcohols are stimulant, they stimulate your body alerts your body, and make you feel fresh and energized.
Don’t take any of them at least an hour before, for coffee, it’s at least 3 hours before bedtime. Rather keep yourself busy with reading a book, and getting relaxed or prepared for sleeping.
Losing weight
Yes, get determined, take a positive step today, a step towards life, a healthy life. Weight or obesity is one of the biggest reasons not only for sleep apnea but many other life-threatening diseases.
Around 50 percent of the patients suffering from sleep apnea, or in the stage of development of sleep apnea are overweight.
If you are a sleep apnea patient and getting overweight, the severity of the sleep apnea can elevate making it even harder for you to survive without a CPAP machine.
So, losing weight is one of the important factors towards sleeping or curing without a sleep apnea machine or CPAP machine.
Herbal Treatment
Herbals have long been known for the treatment of various kinds of diseases and disorders. Lavender, for example, has a soothing effect on humans, you can spray lavender on your bedsheet, apply it on your skin in the form of oil, and take tea in the form of Lavender tea.
Acupuncture therapy
If you are seriously considering sleeping without a CPAP machine being a sleep apnea patient, you should take acupuncture therapy.
This therapy involves the upper body parts stimulation, the parts which are involved in breathing, and getting rest on the airways, blocking them, making you feel short of breath.
Don’t fall for anyone who claims to be an expert in acupuncture therapy, try to find some expert, a licensed acupuncturist to get this done for the kind of disease you are suffering from.
Food for curing sleep apnea, improving sleep quality
Your health is a reflection of what you eat, so eat carefully. You can’t eat just anything or everything, it’s your body’s fuel, and eat what your body demands.
It will not only improve your overall quality of life but improves in sleeping and reduce sleep apnea’s impact on your health.
- Kiwi
- Seafood
- White rice
- Turkey
- Almonds
And you can eat anything healthy, but keep in mind the cholesterol of those foods should be lower, and should not add up to the fat of your body.
Sleep apnea surgery
Yes, there is a surgery that involves curing sleep apnea. The surgery involves removing the extra tissues that block the airways while you sleep.
This procedure is complex and can cost you arms and legs, plus there can be other complications due to the surgery.
So, before you decide on surgery, consult your family doctor or medical doctor to help and cure your sleep apnea problem.
What If you have sleep apnea, but can’t use the CPAP machine?
What if you are a sufferer of sleep apnea but can’t use the CPAP machine? I mean there can be some conditions or some places or some reasons where you can’t use a CPAP machine.
For example, if you have to move out of the station for business reasons, or going on a vacation, or got cold and feel congested.
Let’s recap what a continuous positive air pressure machine does.
It delivers a pressurized moist area through the nose and mouth and prevents your airways from getting blocked due to the inner mouth and nose soft tissues.
Normally for sleep apnea patients, these areas are swollen, and by using a CPAP machine these tissues get back to their normal shape and prevent air blockage.
The good news for you is that if you use a sleep apnea machine regularly, but for a day or two or even a week you can’t use it for a reason, or just don’t want to use it, you will have no negative impact of not using it.
Because now, the swollen inner mouth and nose areas are back in the shape, and can’t just be swollen within a day or week or so.
Has anyone died of sleep apnea?
There is no straight answer to the question. The thing I want to say in the answer to the question is, that the risk of dying of someone suffering from sleep apnea is three times more than others.
Sleep apnea with other medical conditions can make it life-threatening for you.
Final Thoughts
Sleep apnea can impact negatively on your quality of life. Someone suffering from OSA can’t live a normal life, rather he will be dependent on a CPAP machine for sound sleeping unless he/she fights for it.
We in detail mentioned how a healthy reshift in your life helps you cure sleep apnea and make you sleep without a CPAP machine.
I am sure if you follow the mentioned tips, live a healthy life, eat healthily, get rid of bad habits, and lose weight, half of your sleep apnea will be cured.
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