Sleep & Snoring
Our onsite sleep lab allows our patients the convenience of getting all their testing and treatment in one location. After the sleep study we can review the results with the patient and consider our treatment options. Plan A is always simple things like weight loss, exercise, sleep positioning, nasal steroid spray, breath rite strips, and even dental appliances. Plan B is usually some type of CPAP. CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure. It is a device that the patient wears (like a nose or face mask) that keeps the tissues from collapsing by continuously blowing positive air pressure into the nose. Plan C is surgery. This can vary from nasal airway surgery all the way to tonsil and palatal surgery and even involve the base of tongue.
- Snoring
- Sleep Quiz
- Dangers of Driving Drowsy
- How to Sleep Well
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Provigil
- Injection Snoreplasty
- Recovering From Throat Surgery
Latest Resources
Recovering From Throat Surgery
Recovering from throat surgery such as tonsillectomy, uvuloplasty, and or base of tongue surgery can be excruciating. There is no pain therapy that is out of bounds. I give 12 mg Decadron intra operatively and generously inject 0.23% Marcaine with 1/200,000 epi into the operated on area. Read More >
Injection Snoreplasty
What Is Injection Snoreplasty?
Injection snoreplasty is a nonsurgical treatment for snoring that involves the injection of a hardening agent into the upper palate.Army researchers from Walter Reed Army Medical Center introduced this procedure at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.Their early findings indicate that this treatment may reduce the loudness and incidence of primary snoring (snoring without apnea, or cessation of breath).The Academy neither endorses nor discourages the use of injection snoreplasty for the treatment of snoring. Read More >
Provigil
PROVIGIL is a prescription medicine used to improve wakefulness in adults who experience excessive sleepiness (ES) due to one of the following diagnosed sleep problems: obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), shift work sleep disorder (SWSD), or narcolepsy. Read More >
Restless Leg Syndrome
What is restless leg syndrome?
This disorder, which often appears in otherwise healthy people, is not related to emotional or psychological disorders. Although it affects mostly the legs, as the name suggests, it can also affect the arms. People experience restless legs in many different way, but all describe very unpleasant “creepy, crawly” sensations that occur in the legs when they are sitting or lying still, especially at bedtime. Read More >
Narcolepsy
What is narcolepsy?
Narcolepsy can be defined as excessive drowsiness during the day with a tendency to sleep at inappropriate times. The sleep episodes of narcolepsy are sometimes brought on by highly stressful situations and are not completely relieved by any amount of sleep. Read More >
