How to Read (and Understand) Your Sleep Study Test Results

How to Read (and Understand) Your Sleep Study Test Results

Home sleep study test results may contain a variety of different information, including a patient’s symptoms and clinical history, current medications, and vitals (height and weight). If your sleep study provider is like SleepSomatics and is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, then your results should also contain an overview of the diagnostic testing protocols utilized in your sleep apnea evaluation. Here’s a plain language overview of your sleep study test results, how to review your doctor’s diagnosis and recommendations, and what to do now that the sleep apnea testing is completed.

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What if I can't fall asleep during my sleep study?

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What if I can't fall asleep during my sleep study?

Home sleep apnea testing is a safe alternative to the traditional in-lab sleep study performed at a sleep center or hospital sleep lab. “What if I can’t fall asleep during my sleep study?” is the most common concern patients have about sleep testing at-home or in-lab. Here’s how to avoid the two sleep study mistakes that can prevent you from falling asleep during your sleep study, potentially saving you money in repeat sleep test fees that are often not covered by your health insurance.

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The 4 Common American Habits that Prevent Quality Sleep

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The 4 Common American Habits that Prevent Quality Sleep

There is significant research on the relationship between poor sleep and compromised immunity. Sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea can fragment the sleep architecture, leaving a person feeling tired and fatigued during the day as well as leaving the person vulnerable to infections, viruses, and bacteria. There are also environmental and behavioral factors that can worsen your sleep, increasing your risk for illness.

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Does sleep apnea reduce your immune system function?

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Does sleep apnea reduce your immune system function?

Do sleep disorders like sleep apnea and insomnia reduce your immune system response to viruses and keep you sick longer? Science says yes. Current peer-reviewed research has demonstrated that uninterrupted, full-night sleep is necessary for strong immunity.

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How Your Immune System is Destroyed by Poor Sleep

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How Your Immune System is Destroyed by Poor Sleep

Doctors have known for a long time that sleep deprivation suppresses the body's immuno-response, increasing your susceptibility to infection and reducing your body's ability to fight off diseases. A focus on uninterrupted restorative sleep can improve your body's immune system and strengthen your response to colds and flu viruses, improving recovery and overall wellness.

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Austin's Traffic is Why You Can't Fall Sleep (and How to Protect Yourself)

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Austin's Traffic is Why You Can't Fall Sleep (and How to Protect Yourself)

The various impacts of traffic congestion are well-known, but what are often ignored are the side-effects to your wellness and overall quality of life. Austin’s severe traffic congestion taxes your health by increasing insomnia and reducing total restorative sleep time. Learn how traffic congestion destroys your health and sleep and the “Four Essential Steps” to immediately do when you arrive home!

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The Simplest (and Hardest) Treatment for Insomnia

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The Simplest (and Hardest) Treatment for Insomnia

Smart phones are the new Boogeyman in the bedroom and for good reason: Americans love staring at their smart phones. Adults spend a staggering 11+ hours daily staring at screens, with nearly 5 of those hours spent watching television. 88% of Americans use a smart phone while also watching television despite “strong, consistent evidence of an association between bedtime access to or use of devices and reduced sleep quantity and quality, as well as increased daytime sleepiness.”

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Top 5 Questions to Ask when Shopping for a CPAP Machine for your Sleep Apnea and Snoring Treatment

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Top 5 Questions to Ask when Shopping for a CPAP Machine for your Sleep Apnea and Snoring Treatment

The top 5 questions to ask before buying a new CPAP machine to treat your sleep apnea or snoring. From Austin's top-rated sleep lab since 1999, SleepSomatics Diagnostic Center.

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Vitamin D: Your #1 Ally for Better Sleep

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Vitamin D: Your #1 Ally for Better Sleep

Learn how Vitamin D deficiency is responsible for insomnia, fatigue, and depression and what you can do to increase your Vitamin D to naturally improve your restorative sleep with Austin's top-rated sleep disorders testing and treatment center, SleepSomatics.

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The #1 Sign of a Sleep Disorder … and it’s not Insomnia

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The #1 Sign of a Sleep Disorder … and it’s not Insomnia

Patients and doctors both mistakenly believe that Insomnia is the main symptom of a sleep disorder. And that misperception is one reason why 9 out of 10 patients remain undiagnosed and untreated for a sleep disorder.

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This New Sleep Apnea Breakthrough Will Change CPAP Forever

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This New Sleep Apnea Breakthrough Will Change CPAP Forever

Throw away your old Darth Vader CPAP mask and get ready for a new breakthrough in sleep apnea and snoring treatment that has SleepSomatics own clinical staff raving about comfort and ease of use. Introducing the Brevida, the next leap forward in CPAP technology.

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Does iOS 10 “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode Improve Sleep and Cure Insomnia?

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Does iOS 10 “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode Improve Sleep and Cure Insomnia?

Sleep clinical research on whether Apple iPhone iOS 10's new “Night Shift” and Sleep Analysis Sleep Mode can actually improve sleep and cure insomnia. From American Board of Sleep Medicine registered sleep technologist and clinician at SleepSomatics, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited sleep disorders center in Austin, TX.

DeVilbiss Healthcare / Drive Medical IntelliPAP Machine

DeVilbiss Healthcare / Drive Medical IntelliPAP Machine

Please use this SleepSomatics patient reference guide for information on the usage, cleaning, and maintenance of your DeVilbiss Healthcare / Drive Medical IntelliPAP Machine (CPAP and Bi-PAP) for treatment of your obstructive sleep apnea or complex/central sleep apnea. 

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Sleep More to Reduce Diabetes Risk

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Sleep More to Reduce Diabetes Risk

A U.S. research study indicates that increasing quality, restorative sleep can reduce diabetes risk, confirming that improving sleep improves one's health.

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Mandating Commercial Motor Vehicle CDL Obstructive Sleep Apnea Testing

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Mandating Commercial Motor Vehicle CDL Obstructive Sleep Apnea Testing

The most effective way to reduce automobile fatalities caused by sleep deprivation are to mandate screening of all CMV operators for obstructive sleep apnea, enact verifiable sleep testing protocols for these screenings, and enforce nationwide compliance for all commercial drivers’ license medical examiners. 

This article is an opinion essay by a SleepSomatics clinician. The views expressed do not necessarily represent the views of SleepSomatics.

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The Relationship between Sleep Apnea, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction

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The Relationship between Sleep Apnea, Depression, and Erectile Dysfunction

"A new research study finds link between depression, erectile dysfunction, and the common and untreated sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea."