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As a result of polysomnography I got the AHI 32 index. With such a result, is it really the only solution to sleep in an oxygen mask? Is the treatment to improve the palate not enough? I am very afraid of it, I cannot believe it is convenient.
AHI=32 indicates a severe form of breathing disorders during sleep, such patients should be prescribed CPAP air prosthesis treatment (sleeping in a mask, but not an oxygen mask), regardless of operating plans. The procedure to be performed must be decided by the doctor after a thorough diagnosis of the apnea. In the treatment of apnea, many surgeries are performed, not only on the palate. Regardless, however, it is usually recommended to start CPAP treatment in patients with severe OSA.
Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.
Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, PhDDr. Monika Paulina Kuźmińska, MD, internist, specialist in lung diseases, member of the European Respiratory Society and the Polish Sleep Research Society.
For several years he has been dealing with the issues of breathing disorders during sleep, with particular emphasis on obstructive apnea. He assesses polysomnographic tests in several centers diagnosing breathing disorders during sleep in Warsaw.
In 2013, she defended her doctoral dissertation on: Breathing disorders during sleep in adults, taking into account the impact of weight reduction on the indicators of polysomnography.
Diagnoses, consults and conservatively treats patients diagnosed with obstructive apnea syndrome at the Prof. In Orłowski, he cooperates with the Otorhinolaryngology Clinic of the Medical University of Warsaw at the Czerniakowski Hospital in Warsaw.
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