Welcome to AirCare Home Medical - the Leading Supplier of Cpap, Cpap Masks and Cpap Supplies

If you're looking for home medical equipment like Cpap products and portable oxygen machines then welcome to Aircare Medical - the leading supplier of Cpap, Cpap masks, Cpap supplies and oxygen products.

For those of you who don't know, Cpap stands for 'continuous positive airway pressure' and is a medical or therapy device used mainly in the treatment of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a condition where natural breathing is interrupted during sleep, resulting in a lack of oxygen to the bloodstream. A person suffering from sleep apnea will often complain of restless or disturbed sleep, headaches and frequent awakenings.

There are two types of sleep apnea:

1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea

In this case the throat closes when it should remain open to let air in and out resulting in shallow or short breaths and eventually leading to the complete closure of the throat. The body senses that the throat is preventing normal breathing and, when oxygen isn't being absorbed, the brain sends a signal for the sufferer to wake so that they can clear their air passages.

2. Central Sleep Apnea

Here the brain is unable to reliably regulate lung expansion and heartbeat muscle movements, which occur even when other muscles are paralyzed during deep sleep. The body's neurons are unable to carry messages that activate normal breathing in the throat and lungs so the sufferer stops breathing regularly.

Those normally affected by sleep apnea are overweight males aged 50 and above. In most cases, their sleep apnea goes undiagnosed and untreated as the sufferers merely assume they aren't getting a good night's sleep and don't realize that they aren't breathing properly.

Sufferers of sleep apnea are usually very tired and often irritable and have trouble remembering or concentrating. Since sleep apnea can eventually lead to increased blood pressure levels and the increased risk of a stroke, it's important for people to know if they suffer from this debilitating condition. If your partner tells you you snore loudly, cough and splutter during the night, it's very likely that you are suffering from sleep apnea.

For the past 15 years, Aircare Medical has been supplying sufferers of sleep apnea a range of top-quality Cpap supplies and Cpap masks, all at highly-competitive prices.

There are over 20 different Cpap devices available, all designed to exacting specifications and all offering relief from the dangerous effects of sleep apnea.

Aircare Medical also offer a wide choice of Cpap masks, including the nasal mask, the pillow mask and the full-face mask. All of these are comfortable, fully adjustable and easy to use.