Sleep Apnoea | Cutting through the noise

Nhan Do is a pharmacist from Perth, WA. He was born in
Vietnam, completed high school in Singapore and his pharmacy degree in Perth. He was a very active student during university as the president of the West Australian Pharmacy Student Association (WAPSA) and board member on the National Pharmacy Student Association (NAPSA). 

Nhan is very passionate about educating patients on general health information and hosts a podcast called Breaking The Capsule with his pharmacist friend Ishaan. He is very passionate about sleep apnoea as it is one of the most under-diagnosed conditions.

Episode 11 Sleep apnoea | Cutting through the noise

In this episode, Nhan discusses Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) machines, complications and treatments for sleep apnoea.

5 Indispensable tips

1. There are many people have sleep apnoea and do not know about it but need to be diagnosed and managed
2. Sleep apnoea can lead to many complications if left untreated
3. STOP-BANG and EPWORTH are popular questionnaire to assess sleep apnoea. You can take these questionnaires to get an idea if you need to see a health professional here:
   https://www.sleepapnea.org/assets/files/pdf/ESS%20PDF%201990-97.pdf
   https://www.sleepmedicine.com/files/files/StopBang_Questionnaire.pdf
4. CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is the gold standard
   treatment for sleep apnoea patients
5. A sleep study can be done at home too where you may be more comfortable

Links

Sleep Health Foundation: https://www.sleephealthfoundation.org.au/obstructive-sleep-apnea.html

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