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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsEver notice in these sleep apnea mask ads it's always a guy who's wearing a mask?
Like, of course, women don't snore?
Just because women aren't supposed to snore (it isn't "ladylike" doesn't mean they don't.
Aristus
(66,444 posts)It's apneic episodes: periods of blocked breathing, followed by sudden awakening, gasping for breath. It can happen hundreds of times a night in severe cases, resulting in feeling unrefreshed in the morning, and daytime drowsiness.
I have thirty or forty patients with obstructive sleep apnea, and they're all men.
raccoon
(31,118 posts)Aristus
(66,444 posts)I just don't have any female patients with it.
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)when they first suspected my apnea. One of the first questions was , "What is your collar size?" When I answered that I had no idea, the doctor chuckled and said women never know that answer.
Anyway, as cumbersome as the apparatus is (now bi-pap), I do love waking rested. And the mask is nowhere near as Darth Vaderish as it used to be, so there's that . . .
Aristus
(66,444 posts)Neck circumference: >18".
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)Whenever I put on the mask and my pibble gives me the quizzical head cock I am compelled to ask her, "Are you my mummy?"
clarice
(5,504 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Donkees
(31,450 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,209 posts)You'll also see women in ads for cleaning products. You'll see men in ads for beer and grilling.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)until my undiagnosed asthma was treated.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)They didn't have me use a CPAP other than to try it before I went to sleep so I would know what it felt like. I have a followup appt. in two weeks to get the results, but I'm assuming that since they didn't have me use the CPAP during the night that I don't have obvious Sleep Apnea.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Snoring is often a symptom of sleep apnea.