<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Helvetica;">CPAP device can help us to live a longer and healthier life.</span></span></strong>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome or OSA is the most common breathing disorder. Studies show that the disease is prevalent in 4 percent of the general population. However, the disease is highly under diagnosed. Several studies show that it is possible that as much as 25 percent of the general population suffers with this condition.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> OSA is a sleep related breathing disorder that causes your body to stop breathing during sleep. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Untreated Sleep Apnea can increase the risk of high blood pressure, heard attacks, stroke, irregular heartbeats or even diabetes. OSA is one of the common courses of excessive daytime sleepiness and could cause driving and job related accidents. </span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> The most effective treatment of OSA is a respiratory device named CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) that has to be used every night, and works as pneumatic splint to keep airways open. Several studies showed that patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome who are using CPAP therapy live significantly longer than those patients without therapy.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> CPAP therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome is a very simple inexpensive treatment without any medication that can help patients with the most common breathing disorder live longer. Tests for Sleep Disorders can be administered at Sleep Centers but recommended to occur at an Accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Center. </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Helvetica;">Boris Sagalovich M.D.</span></p>