What kind of doctor would you go to for snoring/sleep apnea?
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 at
6:06 am
Proud Mommy asked:
My husband and I are having severe problems with snoring. I think he suffers from sleep apnea. Would a GP treat this or should he go straight to an ENT?
My husband and I are having severe problems with snoring. I think he suffers from sleep apnea. Would a GP treat this or should he go straight to an ENT?
Tagged with: Gp • Sleep • Snoring
Filed under: Sleep Apnea
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I saw a pulmonoligst and went to a sleep clinic..I know have a cpap machine and the difference in how I feel can not be put in words.Your family doctor can get you into a sleep clinic.
A GP willl recommend a sleep specialist for testing.
Neurologist could refer him to a Sleep Pathologist to have a Sleep Study done, to see if he needs a CPAP or something like that. If you don’t have insurance, the sleep study is quite expensive. A normal doctor should be able to refer him to the right place though, he shouldn’t have to go to a neurologist for it.
Go to your primary care doctor and he may be able to help you or if he can’t ask him to refer you to either a ear,nose-and throat doctor or a pulmonologist because snoring is not something you want to mess with.It may be something as simple a needing your sinuses drained and then again it might be something else.I had that problem from gaining weight after I quit smoking and all I nded was my sinuses drained.My brother on the other hand has to use a C-Pap to sleep at night because his throat coses up at night.Good luck with whatever you do I hope it gts better.Sharon W.