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Re: OSA or CSA

Posted by jvan31 on July 09, 2008 at 20:57:39:

In Reply to: OSA or CSA posted by Faker on June 29, 2008 at 09:58:29:

Are they calling your central apneas somataform? or are they
saying the neurological symptoms are resulting from csa and are
therefore somataform? If either is the case, that would be
incorrect, in my opinion. How could CSA be somataform? The
proof is right there in the polysomnogram. Then, any
neurological problems resulting would have an attributable
cause and couldn't be, by definition, somataform or
psychosomatic.

Also, are they saying that spinal stenosis was related to sleep
apnea and therefore somataform? That, to me, would not make
much sense either (I'm not a doctor) but according to
mayoclinic.com, the most common cause of acquired spinal
stenosis is osteoarthritis (there are others, but most are not
neurologic in nature that I could see).

I guess I'm a little confused but would really like to help you find
some more answers. Apnea and another medical condition kept
me out of the military; I can't even fathom a deployment with
untreated apnea.

Have they tried any PAP therapies to treat the apnea?

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