What is a CPAP Machine?
CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. This machine is considered the gold standard treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and ensures that you are breathing continuously throughout the night while you sleep.
A CPAP machine is a small box with a motorized fan inside that is connected to a tube that leads to a breathing mask, that you wear. The fan gently pressurizes the mask and delivers air to your nose and/or mouth (depending on which type of mask you get) as needed. This results in no more lapses of breathing at night.
CPAP machines also have a humidification chamber built in so that you don’t get a dry, scratchy throat/mouth or nasal passage. While a humidification chamber is optional, it’s generally recommended as a lack of humidification can irritate the nasal passage and throat.
