6 Habits That Make Obstructive Sleep Apnea Worse

By Marygrace Taylor, Sep 25, 2025

CPAP therapy uses a mask to deliver continuous air pressure through your airway during sleep, which helps keep the area open and prevents breathing disruptions. But if the mask doesn’t fit correctly, it can end up leaking, which means you might not be reaping all of the benefits of treatment. “A poor CPAP mask fit essentially means most of the air is not getting where it needs to go: to your airway,” says Alex Dimitriu, MD, a board-certified sleep specialist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry & Sleep Medicine in Menlo Park, California. 

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