CPAP Machine for Sleep Apnea

What are the treatments for sleep apnea? The gold standard last 20 years has been called a CPAP continuous positive airway pressure device. It's a mask that goes on over your nose or mouth or both and when you under breathe it helps push the air in. These have a very good tolerance for some people, but the majority of people are not using them because they don't tolerate them. So we look at the what's the likelihood of somebody having sleep apnea and getting a diagnosis? It's about 1 in 10, maybe 1 in 5 if we're conservative at best. What's the chance of them getting treated? 1 in 3? Pick that together. About 6% of Americans with sleep apnea are being treated. 6% of people that have apnea are being treated. That are 94% either don't know they have it or they're not being treated. Compliance with CPAP is considered wearing the Device at least 4 hours Half the week.