A closer look
Strapping a loud air-blower to your face won't cure your snoring if the problem is in your brain, not your throat. Modern sleep apnea phenotyping reveals that traditional CPAP machines are useless for a specific subset of patients. Instead of having collapsed airways, these individuals possess a 'low arousal threshold,' meaning their brains wake up from minor breathing fluctuations before carbon dioxide can naturally stimulate a deeper breath, requiring sedatives rather than air pressure.
