Can obstructive sleep apnea be treated or cured?
Definitely it can be treated or cured depend on the severity. After examination and lab test, our doctor will tell you how severe the disease is. The principle of treatment is to enlarge the narrowed airway. 1. Habitual snorer without apnea (just a noisy snoring without apnea or hypopnea). We developed a simple surgery on your palate to cure your snore permanently with less than 1 week recovery time under local or general anesthesia. 2. Snore with mild degree obstructive sleep apnea, we have developed and modified surgical technique to permanently cure this problem with 1 week recovery under local or general anesthesia. 3. If the disease is severe, with multilevel obstruction, it usually response favorably to continuous positive airway pressure machine (CPAP), which is a pumping instrument that force room air to bypass the obstructing part of the airway. The patients have to use this machine every time before they fall asleep. The alternatives to CPAP is surgery or oral device or in co
