Category: Sleep Apnoea
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Snoring and OSA-Life and Death
Laser Surgery-Jubilee Hospital, Trivandrum I have been treating patients with Obstructive sleep apnea and snoring by Laser and Coblator since 1996. Several hundreds of patients have been cured from this complex illness which is not well understood not only medical profession but also lay people. Most of these patients are “silent” sufferes ending up as…
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CPAP Dependency in OSA Patients
Many OSA patients repeatedly fail attempts at weaning from CPAP and face a substantial risk of becoming chronic CPAP-dependent patients who cannot sustain spontaneous breathing for longer than a few hours. They end up hooked on the CPAP rest of their life. Chronic CPAP dependence is not only a major medical problem but it…
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Snoring and OSA-Story of Kumbhakarna
Kumbhakarna is an important character in the Hindu epic Ramayana. He is a Rakshas (demon) as well as brother of Ravana, king of Lanka. Kumbhakarna had Bat Ears. Kumbhakarna literally means the person with ears like a pot (Kumbha means pot and Karna means ear). Kumbhakarna was a giant in size and depicted as large…