Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea is a very common sleep disorder in which breathing is repeatedly stops and starts. Symptoms include snoring loudly and feeling tired even after a full night’s sleep. Snoring is a major cause of frustration in relationships and is detrimental to the sleep of both the snorer and those sleeping nearby.
Sleep Apnea, without management, can increase the risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, stroke and other serious condition.
Sleep Apnea can affect people regardless of sex or age. Risk factors include being male, overweight, obese or over the age of 40. Alcohol, sedatives and tranquilizers also promote Sleep Apnea by relaxing the throat. People who smoke have Sleep Apnea at three times the rate of people who have never smoked.
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap – SleepTight by SEATEC
The Sleep Apnea Chin Strap is an efficient and cost effective way to ease the symptoms and may help prevent heart problems and other complications. Sleep Apnea Chin Strap helps keep your mouth close while you sleep, making it the perfect snoring treatment for open mouthed snorers.
The Sleep Apnea Chin Strap is the most stable of chin straps, the unique, multi strap design holds it securely in place and gives lots of chin and lip support.
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap features:
• Adjustable top strap
• Adjustable back strap
• Larger chin cup for more support
• Bottom lip support as well as chin
• Very stable multi-strap design
• All elastic material for maximum comfort
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap help to minimize the problems that occur if air leaks from your mouth whilst using nasal CPAP. These include: a dry mouth or the feeling of air bubbling through your lips as you go to sleep. Sleep Apnea Chin Strap can also sometimes help prevent air swallowing (aerophagia) and the discomfort it causes. When worn with a CPAP mask, the Sleep Apnea Chin Strap should be placed over the mask.
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap design holds
CHIN AND MOUTH STRAP – showed in the over the lips position:
CHIN AND MOUTH STRAP – showed in the under lip position:
CHIN STRAP – showed in the standard position:
What Sleep Apnea Chin Strap size do I need?
Measure around your head, from under your chin to the crown of your head going just in front of your ears (above your forehead) and back to the starting point under your chin.
Median Sizes are:
• Small fits where the chin to top of head measurement is around 54cm
• Medium fits where the measurement is around 60cm
• Large fits where the measurement is around 66cm
Further lesser or larger adjustment is available on each chin strap size. The circumferences shown are the medium size for each chin strap.
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap goes over your head and under your chin.
Sleep Apnea Chin Strap Care
Wash weekly in warm soapy water, rinse and dry but not in direct sunlight.
The Sleep Apnea Chin Strap – SleepTight by SEATEC will stretch slightly over the first month.