After watching disturbing video, CPAP usage soars
Like greater than 20 million different People, John Brugger has been recognized with sleep apnea. He snored, tossed and turned, and struggled to breathe throughout the evening, which regularly left him not solely exhausted the following day, but additionally raised his threat of coronary heart assault, stroke and automobile accidents. Fed up, Brugger went to his physician, who prompt he use a CPAP machine, which delivers air by means of a face masks whereas he sleeps to maintain his throat open with steady optimistic airway stress (CPAP). Brugger tried it just a few occasions, however like greater than half of those that get CPAP machines, he merely stopped utilizing it. "I did not prefer it, actually," mentioned Brugger, a father of 5 from Commerce Metropolis, Colo. "It was cumbersome, and I had a tough time attending to sleep with it on my face," he mentioned. However after watching a dramatic and disturbing video of himself attempting to sleep with out his...