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  • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the airway temporarily collapses during sleep, preventing or restricting breathing for up to ten seconds or more.
  • Such events can occur several hundred times a night severely disrupting sleep.
  • Untreated OSA can severely affect quality of life, health and mortality.
  • Clinical research shows that it is linked strongly to a range of serious, even life-threatening, chronic diseases such as stroke, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease.
  • CPAP is short for “continuous positive airway pressure” and is widely accepted across the globe as a highly effective, proven and noninvasive way to treat OSA.
  • This treatment involves wearing a mask or nasal pillows system connected to a small portable airflow generator that delivers air at positive pressure.
  • CPAP works by pushing air from the flow generator through the tubing and mask.
  • The air passes through the nose and into the throat, where the slight pressure keeps the upper airway open.