Ever notice in these sleep apnea mask ads it's always a guy who's wearing a mask?

[raccoon]

Like, of course, women don't snore?

Just because women aren't supposed to snore (it isn't "ladylike&quot doesn't mean they don't.

[Aristus]

1. Snoring is not the determining factor.

It's apneic episodes: periods of blocked breathing, followed by sudden awakening, gasping for breath. It can happen hundreds of times a night in severe cases, resulting in feeling unrefreshed in the morning, and daytime drowsiness.

I have thirty or forty patients with obstructive sleep apnea, and they're all men.

[raccoon]

2. I've known some women who've been diagnosed with sleep apnea. nt

[Aristus]

4. Of course women can have OSA.

I just don't have any female patients with it.

[madamesilverspurs]

8. I was amazed

when they first suspected my apnea. One of the first questions was , "What is your collar size?" When I answered that I had no idea, the doctor chuckled and said women never know that answer.

Anyway, as cumbersome as the apparatus is (now bi-pap), I do love waking rested. And the mask is nowhere near as Darth Vaderish as it used to be, so there's that . . .

[Aristus]

9. I've had two patients just today who clocked in with risk factors for OSA.

Neck circumference: >18".

[Still Blue in PDX]

12. My neck is 15 inches and I have OSA treated with CPAP.

Whenever I put on the mask and my pibble gives me the quizzical head cock I am compelled to ask her, "Are you my mummy?"

[clarice]

3. I don't snore..I purrrr. lol

[WinkyDink]

5. Have you ever noticed in the toilet paper ads it's always a woman?

[Donkees]

6. Or a bear :)

[TexasBushwhacker]

11. That's because women do most of the family shopping

You'll also see women in ads for cleaning products. You'll see men in ads for beer and grilling.

[LiberalElite]

7. My mother snored (i don't know why) and I did too

until my undiagnosed asthma was treated.

[Thor_MN]

10. I did a sleep study 4 days ago.

They didn't have me use a CPAP other than to try it before I went to sleep so I would know what it felt like. I have a followup appt. in two weeks to get the results, but I'm assuming that since they didn't have me use the CPAP during the night that I don't have obvious Sleep Apnea.

[LiberalEsto]

13. I'm a woman and I use one

Snoring is often a symptom of sleep apnea.

[JVS]

14. The advertisement in this thread had a woman wearing the device.