There is no actual cure for sleep apnea, surgery comes close and will help to eliminate most of the need for a CPAP machine; however there is no full sleep apnea cure. Surgery may be a last resort for many people or they may find that they want to skip all the 'apparatus' and go directly to something that could possibly work wonders for them.

With surgery, the doctor must first determine what the obstruction is and if he or she can remove it with little or no disfigurement to the patient. Most of the surgeries are for the jaw and the nose or nasal passage. The jaw, both the upper and the lower, are moved forward and with the nasal passage, it is thinned out so that the air passes through it better, easier. There is also a radio frequency procedure which will allow a surgeon to snip off parts of the tongue with precision and there is little to no swelling or pain.

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Most people, afraid of surgery, will opt for the CPAP or continuous positive airway pressure machine. Some people will love it, some people will hate it. There seems to be no in-between. The CPAP machine will force steamed air into individual's nasal passages and down their throat in order to keep the airway open and keep it from collapsing. This will prevent sleep apnea from reoccurring and help a person to sleep most of the night, which is better than what they were doing before, fighting to get to sleep.

There are things that one can do to help their sleep apnea go away, however it may return or these things may not be the things that fix it, but they can't hurt. The number one thing people could do to help themselves if they have trouble sleeping and it could be sleep apnea is to loose weight. Even if they are on the thin side, a thinner person does not have obstructed airways like a fatter person. Even loosing a few pounds will help with the thinning out of the airways.

Give up alcohol. With alcohol, it tends to relax the throat and this will allow the muscles in the back of the throat to collapse and restrict the air flow, this makes the person stop breathing and make a snoring noise and eventually wakes the individual up, along with anyone within earshot.

Also give up tobacco products. Smoking will inflame an individual's nasal tissue and this restricts air coming in through the nostrils. Smoking less in the evening or not at all will help with the sleep apnea.

It may seem like a contradiction, but avoid sleeping pills. They will also restrict the muscles in the back of the throat and the air flow. They could also cause other serious problems for someone with sleep apnea.

So there are many little things that a person could do for themselves in order to help restrict the effects of their sleep apnea or they could have the surgery for a cure that may or may not work. Everyone is different and everyone's body responses to treatments and surgeries differently.

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