CPAP User
If your eye caught the headline on this post, you are probably either a CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) user or your bed mate is one.
Joked one 50-something CPAP user after having internal nose surgery: “Only my ex-wife thought the CPAP was great; she considered it an anti-adultery device!”
You must admit, the typical CPAP user going to bed, like the guy above, looks like he (or she, in fewer cases) is ready for high altitude flight or suffers from some strange breathing disorder.
For those who don’t know, a CPAP forces air through the nose into the lungs. The device is diagnosed when a person snores loudly, depriving the body’s organs of enough oxygen. (And we mean ALL the organs!)
But in the vast majority of cases, an internal nose blockage causes the snoring. Fix the block and ditch the CPAP machine.
Of course, snoring can be cause by other health woes, including:
- Enlarged tongue
- Short, receding lower jaw
- Huge tonsils
- Enlarged palate or uvula, that bit of worm-like flesh dangling in the back of the throat
A common blockage is a bent septum, the thin wall of cartilage separating the nostrils. A deviated septum often rambles from one side to the other, restricting airflow.
Another major red warning flag: enlarged turbinates, bony, flesh-covered structures higher in the nose that swell in reaction to allergies and other unknown reasons. Solution? Trim the turbinates to ensure good airflow.
If you:
- Snore
- Suffer frequent sinus infections
- Have allergy attacks or
- Use a CPAP
ask yourself: when is the last time a doctor looked up into your nose? It seems like an elementary course of action but it rarely happens for whatever reasons.
Here’s another hint: top nasal surgeons say that healthy breathing is quiet breathing. If you can close one or the other nostril and, with your lips firmly sealed, hear noise while breathing through that one nostril, you may be a candidate for internal nasal surgery.
A competent nasal surgeon (who is also usually a cosmetic plastic surgeon) can perform the internal nose surgery you need, with or without a cosmetic rhinoplasty.
Concluded our pal from above whose wife though he looked not-so-sexy in his CPAP mask:
“My new partner tells me I sleep quietly and soundly; the CPAP mask and machine now sit off-duty, in its bag in a dusty corner of the garage.”
Before and After Rhinoplasty and Internal Nasal Surgery for Better Breathing