Steps To Perform Home Apnea Sleep Test

Sleep apnea is a type of sleep disorder that can affect children as well as adults, but it more commonly affects people above 50 years of age. Often people might witness that they can’t sleep soundly at night or they are having breathing problems while sleeping. These are the common signs of sleep apnea. You might rise up several times at night, which might be caused when your breathing is interrupted while you are sleeping, often for more than ten seconds. So, if you face any such problem, make sure to get a home sleep apnea test done with the help of the modern sleep apnea testing devices.

While sleeping, the different muscles of the body relax, including the throat as well as the chest muscles that help a person to breathe. For a person who has sleep apnea, the relaxation of the throat muscles narrows and it leads to interrupted breathing.

Home sleep apnea testing
There are many people who think that sleep apnea is a normal sleeping disorder and it will cure with time and it might be happening because of stress. But no human being should take sleep apnea lightly as it might lead to several major health disorders which might make the sufferer seriously ill. So any and every person suffering from any kind of sleep disorder must make sure to get a sleep apnea test done as soon as possible.
With the modern innovations of technology, it is now possible to get a sleep apnea test from the comfort of the home. The modern easy-to-use watch-like device has made HSAT easier and it can be done by the patient himself without any assistance from any medical professional.

Steps to perform home sleep apnea test
These days with the help of the modern home sleep apnea testing devices , a person can get sleep apnea test from his home and he can daily track his genuine sleeping time by setting these devices up by following the below mentioned steps:

Step 1: You can set the sleep apnea testing device just before you go to bed. Make sure that the nails on your test finger in which you are going to insert the device is cut, trimmed and without nail polish. And also make sure that you are not wearing any kind of jewelry, ornament, in fact not even put on any body lotion.

Step 2: Take the Snoring and Body Position sensor’s cable through the sleeves and place it on the sternum or a bit lower than the sternum notch by removing the sticker from the back of the cable.

Step 3: Then put the main device, which seems almost similar to a watch on the non dominant hand. Place the device on a flat surface like a table and then insert your non-dominant hand over it and then close the wrist strap. Make sure that the watch-like device which is tied up is snug but not too tight.

Step 4: Then place the probe on that specific finger which you have been told to use, it is either index or ring finger. Insert your finger all the way into the probe even if you feel a bit of pressure. There are tabs on the top of the probe and you will need to remove it by gently and firmly pushing your finger against a hard surface. Be careful not to twist the probe.

Step 5: Now you have completed all the initial set up procedures and you are ready to get into the bed and power on the device. Press the power button until it lights up, after getting the good night message, you can sleep peacefully while the sleep apnea testing device will be tracking your real sleeping time.

After getting up the next morning, remove all the devices from your body and put it back in the kit box. You can spend the rest of the day peacefully because the sleep apnea testing device has successfully recorded your entire sleep architecture and uploaded it in the cloud. Sometimes with required setups, these devices also send an automatic report to the medical practitioner of the patient. So, if you are suffering from any kind of sleeping disorder, get a reliable home sleep apnea testing device as soon as possible.

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