CPAP Specialist

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. It involves the nightly use of a machine, while you sleep, which has a mask that either goes over your nose and mouth or just your nose. A flexible tube attaches the mask to a motor, which sends a filtered airstream into your airway at a constant pressure.

The oxygen that travels from your CPAP machine and into your airways opens your airways, which may be closed or constricted due to obstructive sleep apnea. With CPAP, you can breathe all night as you sleep and get the oxygen your body needs to function at its best throughout the day.

CPAP is a treatment for a sleep-breathing disorder called obstructive sleep apnea, which happens when the tissues around your airways collapse at night, causing your airways to constrict or close. This makes it hard to get the oxygen you need at night. The most prominent symptom of sleep apnea is pauses in breathing. Snoring is also a possible symptom. 

Without treatment, obstructive sleep apnea leads to daytime difficulties and health complications involving the cardiovascular system. You should consider visiting Dr. Eli Hendel for an evaluation and possible sleep study if you experience: 

• Morning Headaches 
• Daytime Fatigue 
• Trouble with Memory & Concentration 
• Frequent Mistakes at Work 
• High Blood Pressure 
• Mood Fluctuations 

A sleep study involves either spending the night in a certified sleep lab for observation or taking home equipment that records various measurements as you sleep. Either way, Dr. Eli Hendel analyzes the results and goes over them with you. He can tell if CPAP is the best route for your treatment or if another device is a better option in your case.

As you undergo treatment for obstructive sleep apnea with CPAP, Dr. Eli Hendel helps you schedule regular visits to monitor your progress and adjust your treatment plan, if necessary. Around 30 to 90 days after you start CPAP, you must come in for an initial follow-up visit so Dr. Eli Hendel can read information from the device’s data card. 

Dr. Eli Hendel’s office is equipped with software that supports and reads information from some of the top CPAP device manufacturers. If you ever need replacements for your CPAP device’s tubing or mask portions, Dr. Eli Hendel can arrange them for you. He also adjusts your device’s pressure settings if you need them.