Dr.Greenburg
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How great to have a sleep apnea dr. join us and share some of your knowledge. I have been wondering, after having the same machine, my first one, for 4 or 5 years, when do you trade it in. And should I go back to my ENT and ask him if I need another study. I'm guessing I've gained 20 lbs. over that time. Of course, with a bit of luck, I'll get banded in the next 4 months. Thanks for interaction Doc.
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Dr.Greenburg replied to dbowers's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
My name is Dr. Jonathan Greenburg and I treat sleep apnea and snoring in my clinics in the Los Angeles area. I wanted to share just a little bit about sleep apnea. There is a lot of information that I give on my website, but I am not trying to advertise, I am trying to educate. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is caused by an obstruction. Losing the excess weight helps because there is pressure relieved from the throat area. You will notice as people lose weight their faces and throat area gets smaller. The weight loss may help with slight or even moderate snoring cases, but apnea cases most times are not effectively resolved. The reason for this is you are not dealing with the obstruction, which is the tongue. If you don't deal with the tongue, you won't solve the problem. This is why CPAP works almost 100% of the time, however the problem is that CPAP wearers (as noted here) hate them, especially when having to travel or have a decent love life, and there is over 60% non compliance to using them. There are alternative treatments that I would encourage you to consider such as the oral device that I use, or others, however they have to address the tongue or you won't have a great deal of success. Surgery for sleep apnea has about a 15% success rate. Just thought I'd share the facts and help you out. Take care, and I wish you all the best.
