Posted by headachequeen on November 15, 2004, at 15:39:18
In reply to Re: Deviated septum, posted by bridgey1128 on November 15, 2004, at 15:11:00
> Sleep apnea a lot of times is caused by a deviated septum. This is the surgery to which they refer I am sure. My dad has looked into having the same surgery. That is what causes the snoring. Being overweight can also cause snoring and sleep apnea, which the solution would be to lose weight, which would not be your problem Kat. If you have apnea maybe you have a deviated septum. Also, if you are prone to a great deal of colds and sinus infections, this might be the cause. It's when the septum, which is cartilidge in your sinus, the midline, "deviates" to one side or the other causing blockage. Hence the snoring or excessive colds and sinusitis, loud breathing etc. When one lies down to sleep it blocks the nasal passages and causes them to stop breathing for short periods of time. Hence the apnea. Being heavy only exacerbates this, which would be my dad's problem. Depending on how bad the deviation is, it can either be straightened or totally removed. My mom has hers totally removed so if she gets bonked in the nose it REALLY hurts. No cartilidge to absorb the blow. Anyway, this could be the possible reason for your sleep apnea.
Oh is that all....
I thought they would remove the apnea... whatever the heck that is...
sort of like the man who was shot and the bullet was in him yet because they couldn't find his yet...I have been seeing this throat and nose specialist for a year or so because of the vocal cord problem... last visit (I was to have seen him a week or so ago but was in hospital and missed that appt) he decided to take a closer look using fibre optics which involved running this tubing through my nose... except the tube which is really quite fine and the fibres tickle, would not travel through the nostril...
he tried three times and each time it was impossible or impassable...
tried the left nostril and it was a simple if unpleasant thing...
and done in a flash really...
then he took a closer look at the nose and informed me that I had broken it...
and I honestly do not remember doing so...
remember when it might have happened but do not remember the actual fact or what I think must have been severe pain...
so he prescribed a 'turboinhaler' and suddenly I can breathe through that side of my nose...
it has been a real problem when I have a cold and with this asthma nonsense...
for the past forty years or so I have had only half of my breathing apparatus working....he told me that when he saw me again, after the speech path had had some time to try and work her magic, he would re-evaluate the nose and would probably have to do some corrective surgery...
may one will do for both and I see him before the sleep clinic...
methinks we had better arrange a little conference call LOL and get the neuro, the sleep guy and the nose guy together on this...
I knew ladies didn't snore...at least not intentionally
my grandmother always told me that it was sooo unlady-like...
LOLand maybe if it has to be done, they can get together with the neurosurgeon doing the wrist ...
and we can have a party... chips, dip, a little champagne...
may as well make the best of it...deviated septum??? Isn't that the usual excuse for having one's nose altered for cosmetic reasons???
I have always hated my nose...
wanted to have it changed when I was a teenager and my grandfather when I was 16 said he was tired of hearing about it...
he would pay for it as long as he never had to hear about it again...
but if I didn't like the new one I was not allowed to complain...
well I hadn't thought of that possibility LOL
and decided I had better stick with the devil I knew in case I didn't like the unknown devil any better...
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kat
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