Could socks really help with Sleep Apnea?

The long list of possible non-traditional remedies for OSA continues to grow! New research undertaken at University of Brescia in Italy indicates that wearing compression socks reduces the amount of daytime fluid accumulation that occurs in the legs at night in patients who suffer from chronic venous insufficiency. 














This decrease in turn reduces the amount of fluid flowing into the neck at night, thereby reducing the number of apneas and hypopneas by more than a third. Below is a link to the news:

http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/201102-0350OCv1


 It looks like Respironics and ResMed will have to start producing special CPAP socks to accommodate these patients.


-Mr. Sleep