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Biguglygremlin

Biguglygremlin
Joined Nov 2018
Bio

Male aged 60+

Overweight

Very Severe Apnea

CPAP user since June 2014

Airsense 10

Pressure <12>

Nasal Pillow

Airfit P30

RLS PLMD PTSD CFS RBD

Australia

Biguglygremlin
Joined Nov 2018
Bio

Male aged 60+

Overweight

Very Severe Apnea

CPAP user since June 2014

Airsense 10

Pressure <12>

Nasal Pillow

Airfit P30

RLS PLMD PTSD CFS RBD

Australia

I have to be in the right place to understand a study like the one linked above and I find it harder and harder to get to that place nowadays.

It seems to me that there can be no reliable studies into the long-term benefits of CPAP.

At the moment any study in this field is like studying Cartier watch owners and concluding that they live longer and remain mobile and functional well beyond most people who don't have Cartier watches therefore Cartier watches must be therapeutic and prevent many fatal illnesses.

Cartier Watch

Undoubtedly if we all had Cartier watches we would also enjoy some of those health benefits but do these watches cure diseases or would we need to sell them to raise the funds for the associated lifestyle and the additional health services and interventions that are part of that lifestyle?

What I would like to see is studies of the non-compliant and those with full health benefits or money who refused to have or use a CPAP but even then there would be issues with motivation and personality and life choices because the reasons for rejecting CPAP would likely affect other medical and lifestyle choices.

Then there is the issue that you can't study anything without having an impact on the subjects of your study ............. :(

I do want to get back to the above mortality study one day when I can find a few spare neurons because it seemed to me to be both thorough and cautious and especially because it hinted at significant differences between Apnea groups.