Ukrainians, suffering from agonizing snoring, will finally get help with the latest foreign equipment: Delta Medical has presented the products of RESPIRONICS company (USA) at the domestic market. Owing to these unique devices you can both put an end to unbearable night concerts and bring considerable improvement to your health! According to the statistics, over 30% of adults in their forties suffer from constant snoring which, actually, is an Obstructive Sleep Apnea syndrome (OSA) which is dangerous for human life and therefore requires constant monitoring and correction using special apparatus. What is the OSA syndrome?

OSA syndrome (Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome) is the state, characterized by snoring, regular collapses of higher breathing passages, and cessation of lungs ventilation while keeping respiratory efforts, decrease in the level of oxygen, rough fragmentation of sleep, and excessive sleepiness in the daytime. OSA syndrome causes significant risk of developing arterial hypertension, heart rhythm disturbance, myocardial infarction, stroke, and sudden death in sleep. Breathing disorders of a sleeping person may also result in dramatic decrease of his lifestyle quality. Headache, permanent sleepiness, irritability, memory impairment, libido depression are just a few kinds of pathological states which may be experienced by a person, who does not get enough sleep for a long time. According to statistics, the main reasons of road accidents are tiredness, irritability, and attention impairment due to OSA syndrome. The major method of treating both mild and severe forms of this disease is creation of permanent positive pressure in breathing passages using special equipment which is called CPAP-therapy.

Delta Medical is an official distributor of RESPIRONICS company (USA), which is the top leader in developing and producing equipment for respiratory therapy, including diagnostics, treatment of OSA syndrome, and long-term oxygen therapy. This company is the first producer in the world who performed a real break-through in this sphere and created special systems of CPAP-therapy for home use in 1985. In 2008 RESPIRONICS (USA) became a part of Royal Philips Electronics international corporation. At the moment the portfolio of RESPIRONICS (USA) contains a wide variety of highest quality devices, which help people with different stages of OSA syndrome. Delta Medical is working on promotion of this medical equipment, which is used in several directions.

Considering all the seriousness of OSA syndrome consequences, Delta Medical is trying to extend the recognition of sleep disorders among the general public, medical practitioners, and different professional organizations. Delta Medical established a hotline for explanatory work among the population, where people can get a quality specialist’s consultation on matters, related to the problem of OSA syndrome and the use of RESPIRONICS (USA) equipment. Since sleep disorders are diagnosed and treated by doctors of various medicine trends, Delta Medical took a logical step in participating in profile congresses, conferences, and seminars, where information about the latest achievements in the sphere of efficient fighting OSA syndrome is considered interesting and long-expected for many participants. Thus, on October 20-22 Kyiv hosted the 4th Congress of Phthisiatricians and Pulmonologists of Ukraine and the 2nd National Asthma Congress of Ukraine, the framework of which included the exhibition of medical equipment and pharmaceutical preparations of leading producers from different countries. This undertaking also included the stand of Delta Medical company, exhibiting the products of RESPIRONICS (USA), which were mentioned in the report concerning OSA syndrome, presented by Professor Lyudmila Yashina, the Head of Department of Diagnostics, Therapy, and Clinical Pharmacology at the Institute of Phthysiatry and Pulmonology named after Yanovsky. The major specialists of domestic medicine, present at the Congress, showed remarkable interest to the equipment of RESPIRONICS (USA) which is another evidence to the urgency of sleep disorders problem and long-term oxygen therapy for our citizens.

Delta Medical encourages everyone to remember that sleep is not the time "crossed out" from our active life. Sleep is an active state, needed for restoration of both mental and physical state of a person. And if you are concerned about your health − take care of your sleep and the sleep of your loved ones!

Delta Medicalє’s hotline: 8-800-309-90-10 (calls from fixed location phones on the territory of Ukraine are free).

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Delta Medical company was founded in 1999. There are more than 600 employees in Delta Medical company’s staff. The partners of Delta Medical include more than 30 world pharmaceutical companies.

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