CPAP is one of the most treatment for sleep apnea, inaddition to stop sleep apnea, there are many other benefits of CPAP for sleep apnea patients.

The main principle of CPAP treatment of OSA is through increasing the pressure within the pharyngeal cavity to resist negative pressure suction to prevent airway collapse. Increased lung capacity and air flow on the upper airway stimulation of certain reflex may also play a role. Since the first application in 1981, CPAP has become the preferred treatment of sleep apnea syndrome .

In addition to CPAP treatment to eliminate snoring and apnea, improve sleep quality and timely results, there are so many other benefits of CPAP for sleep apnea.

1. Respiratory

Oxygen rise during the day, CO2 decreased pulmonary arterial pressure decreased, improve the sensitivity of the respiratory center in some patients, increase  respiratory muscle contraction.

2. Cardiovascular system

Correct the OSA-related arrhythmia and high blood pressure, increase cardiac ejection and improve myocardial blood supply, increase right ventricular function and reduce cardiovascular disease mortality. However, if the pressure of the CPAP is too high, it may reduce venous return. So for patients with pathological hypotension, shock, a large number of diuretics, can not eat and drink, need to closely observe the blood pressure and heart rate changes.

3. Digestive system

For the patients with merging night gastroesophageal reflux, CPAP can reduce the number of reflux symptoms.

4. Urinary system

CPAP can reduce the number of urine at night of the sleep apnea patients.

5. Blood system

CPAP can reduce red blood cell formation, increase  blood volume of sleep apnea patients, thereby reducing the hemoglobin content and blood viscosity.

6. Neuropsychiatric system

The memory, reaction ability, thinking ability of the OSA patients some or all back to normal.

7. Endocrinology and Metabolism System

CPAP treatment has a broad impact on endocrine and metabolic systems of the body, which can increase the secretion of GH and the male hormone, improve male sexual function of patients and decrease the obesity weight.

CPAP machine is one of the effective at solutions to sleep apnea, here we provide a detail CPAP machine reviews, which may help your sleep apnea treatment.

At present, the various CPAP machine treatment is based on the same principle, which is through the nasal mask connected to ventilator and the patient, continued to have a positive pressure ventilator flow, acting on the upper airway, so that the upper airway open during sleep state, thus avoiding the occurrence of apnea and hypoxia.

According to the work mode, CPAP machine can be divided into three types:

1. Common type of manual regulator CPAP

Treatment stress need to manually set, the pressure does not change after setting in the entire treatment process, which is the simplest sleep machine.
Advantage: relatively cheap
Disadvantage: Patients need higher treatment pressure, poor comfort.

2. Intelligent automatic voltage sleep apnea machine (Auto-CPAP)

The most important feature of this machine is that it can continuous monitoring of the degree of airway obstruction in the treatment of patients, and adjust the treatment stress timely based on the degree of airway obstruction.
A: lower average pressure treatment, patients feel more comfortable and have a higher treatment compliance.
D: higher price.

3. Bi-level sleep machine (BiPAP)

The kind of machine is characterized by inspiratory and expiratory pressure can be adjusted separately, that is CPAP machine sends high default inspiratory pressure when inhaling air and help patients inhale more air， in contrary, CPAP machine switches to a preset lower expiratory pressure, help patients with easy gas exhaled. The CPAP machine pressure should seted according to the condition of patients through experienced professionals. BiPAP is suitable for cardiopulmonary failure, or patients who required higher pressure treatment .

4. Low resistance CPAP machine

This is a new ventilator mode, which is based on the common CPAP mode. The pressure with a certain degree of reduction within a short time at the start of the expiratory phase, so that patients breath easier and comfortable. This CPAP machine is particularly suitable for patients who need a higher treatment pressure or with chronic heart failure.