C-PAP/Bi-PAP
C-PAP
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) uses a machine to help a person who has obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) breathe more easily during sleep. A CPAP machine increases air pressure in your throat so that your airway does not collapse when you breathe in. When you use CPAP, your bed partner may sleep better, too.
You use CPAP at home every night while you sleep. The CPAP machine will have one of the following:
Recommended Related to Sleep Apnea
Important It is possible that the main title of the report Apnea, Sleep is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
- A mask that covers your nose and mouth.
- A mask that covers your nose only-called nasal continuous positive airway pressure, or NCPAP (this type of mask is most common).
- Prongs that fit into your nose
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