How to cure sleep apnea naturally at home without cpap (continuous positive airway pressure)?

19 scientifically proven ways to cure sleep apnea naturally at home without cpap

1- Bring a large pot of water to boil, pour the boiling water into a bowl, then add a few drops of lavender oil to boiling water and inhale the steam. Alternatively, put a few drops of lavender oil on a piece of tissue and put it under your pillow while you sleep

2- Maintain a healthy weight and lose weight if necessary. The ideal body weight is 50 + 2.3 kg per inch (2.54 cm) over 5 feet (152.4 cm) for men and 45.5 + 2.3 kg per inch over 5 feet for women.

3- Quit smoking cigarettes, especially before bedtime, as the nicotine in tobacco relaxes the muscles in the throat and interfere with breathing.

4- Limit alcohol consumption and avoid overuse of sedatives. Avoid sleeping pills, sedatives, and alcohol, especially before bedtime, because they relax the muscles that keep the airways open.

5- Treat underlying conditions that may contribute to sleep apnea, such as acid reflux, congestion and coughs

6- Try adjusting your sleep position and elevate your bed. Use a wedge pillow to sleep with your body elevated from the waist up

7- Make sure that the humidity in your living room is 60% and that of your bedroom is 30%

8- Consider using a snore guard, use anti-snoring devices, like sleep apnea mouth guards (sleep apnea mouthpieces)

9- Try yoga breathing exercises, such as kapalbhati breathing exercise, bhastrika breathing exercise (bellows breathing exercise), and nadi shodhana (alternative nostril breathing), which can be used to tone the upper airway. Sit with your spine erect. Place your hands on your knees with your hands open and palms facing the sky. Take a deep inhalation. Pull your navel back toward your spine as you begin begin to exhale. Pull in as far as you can. The exhalation should be forceful, try to push all the breath out of your body. Relax your abdomen and release your navel, the breath will flow into the lungs. Repeat this exercise 20 times to complete one round. After the first round, close your eyes and take a pause of 1 to 3 minutes to notice the way you feel and the sensations you experience. Do this two more times.

10- Try homeopathic remedies for sleep apnea. The most common remedy used to treat people with sleep apnea is sulfur

11- Consider removing tonsils if you have swollen tonsils and adenoids that block your airway during sleep

12- Reduce stress levels, try essential oils to promote relaxation and reduce stress levels. Alternatively, drink caffeine-free herbal teas to reduce stress levels naturally. Drink two cups of camomile tea per day. To make camomile tea simply place one camomile teabag or four tablespoons of fresh camomile flowers (two tablespoons of dried camomile flowers) in a small teapot, pour two cups of boiling water over camomile flowers, and steep for seven minutes. Strain and pour the tea into a mug.

13- Review your medications, medications that can cause sleep apnea include opioids, like oxycodone (Oxycodone HCL, Oxycontin), morphine sulfate (Ms Contin), or codeine sulfate

14- Take over the counter wakefulness-promoting agents to help you with daytime sleepiness, such as Nuvigil (armodafinil) and Provigil (modafinil).

15- Try oral breathing devices or nasal dilators that you can wear at night.

16- Avoid sleeping pills which can make untreated sleep apnea worse, such as Ambien (Zolpidem), Halcion (Triazolam), Klonopin (Clonazepam), Lunesta (Eszopiclone), Restoril (Temazepam), and Sonata (Zaleplon).

17- Avoid heavy meals within two hours of going to bed and stop drinking caffeine at night. Don’t lie down right after eating and wait at least 2 hrs after a meal before going to bed. Drink coffee at least 6 hours before bed, caffeine consumed 6 hours before bed can affect sleep amounts by over an hour. Limit your caffeine intake to less than 400 milligrams a day. Four cups of brewed coffee contain about 400 mg of caffeine. That’s also the amount of caffeine in ten cans of cola or two 8-ounce Red Bull energy drinks.

18- Avoid foods and beverages known to cause heartburn, such as chocolate, alcohol, caffeinated beverages, peppermint, tomatoes, mint, garlic, onions, spicy foods, citrus fruits and juices (orange, pineapple, grapefruit, tomato), ginger tea, and some medications

19- Avoid exhaustion and vigorous physical activity that produces large increases in heart or breathing rate, such as hiking with a heavy backpack or running uphill

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Verified by: Dr.Diab (February 22, 2018)

Citation: Dr.Diab. (February 22, 2018). How to cure sleep apnea naturally at home without cpap. Medcoi Journal of Medicine, 3(2). urn:medcoi:article20104.