:: Translate this page! ::
Dr. Jagdeepak Singh, MS (ENT)
Dr. Jagdeepak Singh is an associate professor ENT in Govt. Medical College, Amritsar (Punjab) in India.
Apart from academics, he has contributed towards providing counseling and treatment options among common people regarding health problems in the field of Ear, Nose and Throat diseases for the past 30 years.
Being an active member of American Academy of Sleep Medicine, he has presented several cases in the CME (Continuing Medical Education) activities on snoring and sleep apnea as well as has arranged and attended regular awareness camps on the same among local population.
SnorersLive.com is one of his projects on snoring and sleep apnea where he discusses about the presentation and health effects of sleep apnea along with its available preventive and treatment options.
Treatment Modalities in a Case of Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Our aim of treatment should be that the patient of sleep apnea and snoring should wake up completely relaxed having more energy during the day and fall asleep soundly at night.
Following are the commonly used options:
- Drug protryptiline (tricyclic antidepressant)
- Modalert tablets 100 or 200mg—it is a wakefulness promoting agent for oral administration and is indicated in patients with obstructive sleep apnea or hypopnoea syndrome patients. Till date it is almost impossible for us to have hopes for an ideal snoring operation on palate.
- Administration of oxygen
- Position of patient while sleeping- tbt-(tennis ball treatment) to prevent sleeping in supine position.
- Dental/Oral/Nasal Appliances
- CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
- Bariatric Surgery- It can be effective in reducing the RDI (Respiratory Disturbance Index) in grossly obese patients.
- Tracheostomy
- Pre-anesthetic check-up improvement prior to surgical procedures
