Anyone else not have apnea but upper airway resistance with hypopneas? Does insurance consider this sleep disorder a comorbidity? I have Tricare

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@ I would think this would qualify as a sleep disorder. What is the "treatment" recommended?

It seems that upper airway resistance UARS is a precursor to sleep apnea. http://www.alaskasleep.com/blog/uars-vs-osa-the-difference-between-upper-airway-resistance-syndrome-and-obstructive-sleep- In other words, having that condition will likely led to developing sleep apnea.

One of the key differences between upper airway resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea is that apneas (pauses in breathing) and hypopneas (decreases in breathing) are either absent or very low in patients with UARS.

Patients with OSA are often overweight or obese (although they can be of normal weight), whereas patients with UARS are often of average weight.

But if you have UARS with hypopnea, that sounds very close to sleep apnea.

In my case even though I had sleep apnea, I also had several other conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes. So many of these comorbidities are common bedfellows.

@ I would think this would qualify as a sleep disorder. What is the "treatment" recommended?

He's prescribing me a cpap, but seems this diagnosis is a big grey area on whether or not it's a comorbidity. I have no other issues besides high cholesterol

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@ Assuming weight loss would improve this condition, I don't see why they wouldn't consider it a co-morbidity. Fingers crossed!

I have Hypoapnea and as long as your sleep study reports levels higher than 20 out of 60 then it is considered a comorbidity (and qualifies for a CPAP machine).