Is Your CPAP Machine Causing Dry Eye? Why Does Your CPAP Machine Give You Dry Eyes?

So if you are searching for answers around CPAP and dry eye, you have landed in the right place. For those who do not know; a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine is a device frequently prescribed for treating sleep apnea. While a CPAP can be very effective at helping people get more oxygen while they sleep, those using this type of machine also have a much higher rate of dry eye, which is where I come in! Do you use a CPAP and now you’re feeling worried? Don’t worry, there are ways to help prevent dry eye and treat it if it does occur. #CPAP #DryEyes #InterventionalDryEye 💻 Check out my website: drmelaniedenton.com 🤝 Join our community: eyesafebeauty.com ⏱️ Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 00:56 CPAP machine and dry eye disease 01:51 A quick rundown on dry eye disease 05:42 What are CPAP machines? 06:50 How to keep your eyes from drying out from CPAP 10:54 Summary 🔗 Affiliate Links: 🥼 Dr. Denton’s Favorite Products are Heyedrate!✨ https://eyelovethesun.com?aff=68 👀 Dry Eye Rescue affiliate code "drdenton10" can be used at https://bit.ly/3KMYlud 🧴 We Love Eyes affiliate code "eyethinkican" can be used at https://www.weloveeyes.com/ 👁️ Twenty/Twenty Beauty (Eye safe makeup): trytwentytwenty.com/drdenton 💄 Eyes Are The Story (Makeup and skincare): https://eyesarethestory.com/eyethinkican 🧼 Hylawipe (Dry eye at-home solutions): https://www.tearrestore.com/?ref=mela... 💡 Celluma affiliate code "#75618" can be used at https://www.celluma.com/ 🛒Shop my Amazon Storefront at https://www.amazon.com/shop/eyeschool... According to Ophthalmology Times, the prevalence of dry eye disease is considered to be about 6.8% among adults in the United States. But many patients are not diagnosed with DED clinically because they assume their eye irritation may be related to allergies or exposure to some type of irritant. Thus, the patient attempts to treat dry eyes at home with little to no improvement. 📚 Research Links: Link #1: https://assileye.com/blog/does-cpap-m.... Link #2: https://www.healthline.com/health/dry... Link #3: https://eyewiki.aao.org/Floppy_Eyelid... Link #4: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Link #5: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29424... ____________________ Love You by Aftertune   / itsaftertune   Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/3oadnjA Music promoted by Audio Library    • Video   ____________________ 🙏 Thank you so much for tuning into our channel! 🔔 Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE! Find us on social media: 🌎 SEE Website: http://salisburyeyecare.com/ 📷 SEE Instagram:   / salisburyeyecareandeyewear   💬 SEE Facebook:   / salisburyeye   🐤 SEE Twitter:   / salisburyeyes   👩‍⚕️ Dr. D’s Personal Instagram:   / dr.melaniedenton   🏡 We are Salisbury Eyecare and Eyewear – a cold start optometry practice and optical shop that is owned and operated by Dr. Melanie Denton Dombrowski in downtown Salisbury, NC. Our office operates out of a darling Victorian home where we provide medical and routine eye care and Dr. Denton specializes in dry eye treatment and management of various ocular diseases. Dr. Denton is a member of the Bausch and Lomb Speakers Bureau, a former member of the Alcon Contact Lens Speakers Bureau, a current Alcon consultant, a member of the Allergan Advisory Board, a member of the Valeant Advisory Board, a TearCare consultant, a Lumenis consultant, and a member of the North Carolina Board of Examiners for the North Carolina Optometric Board. We started this channel to provide patient education and eye-related product reviews, as well as to share our experiences in the office and at community events. None of our videos are directly sponsored. We hope you enjoy our videos! Make sure to leave comments and suggestions about what you’d like to see next! ❗ DISCLAIMER: This video and description contain affiliate links to products, which means we receive a small commission (at no additional cost to you) on your purchase through specific retailers when using the links provided above. ⚠️ MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: Disclaimer Information contained within our channel and videos is intended solely for educational purposes and is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice relative to your specific medical condition or question. Always seek the advice of your physician or other health care provider for any questions you may have regarding your medical condition. Only your physician can provide specific diagnoses and therapies. By using our channel and watching our videos, you agree to this Medical Disclaimer.