PAP Therapy for Sleep Apnea

Sleep Soundly With PAP Therapy For Sleep Apnea

If you’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, PAP therapy can help you regain the sleep you deserve. PAP devices have made incredible advancements over the years, with modern equipment providing you a comfortable, unobtrusive, quiet way to sleep more soundly—waking refreshed, energized, and ready to take on the day.

What is PAP Therapy?

PAP (positive airway pressure) therapy provides you with pressurized ambient air delivered through a tubing and mask delivery system. When in place, this delivery system helps to eliminate apnea events during sleep. As the most effective treatment for sleep apnea, PAP therapy can potentially improve your overnight sleep, and dramatically impact your overall quality of life.

During Obstructive Sleep Apnea, the back of the throat relaxes and collapses, obstructing the airway and preventing breathing. The brain wakes up enough to restart breathing., even though most patients do not realize they are waking up. During OSA, the brain wakes up 5, or 15, or 30 or more times per hour (!!!).

PAP devices can provide much-needed relief for OSA sufferers. PAP stands for Positive Airway Pressure. PAP devices work by blowing air into the airway (maintaining a positive airway pressure) to keep the airway open and allow uninterrupted breathing. PAP devices are the “gold standard” treatment for OSA and provide essentially 100% effectiveness during use, and do not require surgery or drugs. CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure and these devices operate at a constant fixed pressure. APAP stands for Auto Positive Airway Pressure and these devices use a computer algorithm to automatically provide higher or lower pressure each night, and from breath to breath, as needed