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Newbie question: Sinus pain? cpap

Question:

"Lyndell Thompson" <lynde…@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message news:dYxsc.25164$zO3.4273@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net… > Thanks to all of you for the really sound advice. I will be an avid reader > of this NG in the future. I have a standard humidifier(non-heated) with my > respironics cpap. I tried saline sprays etc. and this all helped in addition > to some flonase nasal spray we had here. The sinus pain has subsided for the > most part. Still unsure if it was due to extreme allergies and/or pressure > change. Believe this or not Robitussin CF (for chest, nasal etc) seemed to > help the most. I will take everyone’s advice and take a serious hard look at > a FF mask, for future allergy episodes (even if I have to go behind the > doc’s back to get one . >                                                           Lyndell

I thought when I started using CPAP gear that I was OK with a good passive humidifier – but about three weeks in, and my nose interior HURT. A heated humidifier solved the problem… BTW, the CPAP gear itself solved my chronically stuffed nose – if I get started on it as soon as I "hit the hay"…;-) —  David Ruether  r…@cornell.edu  http://www.ferrario.com/ruether

Response:

Thanks to all of you for the really sound advice. I will be an avid reader of this NG in the future. I have a standard humidifier(non-heated) with my respironics cpap. I tried saline sprays etc. and this all helped in addition to some flonase nasal spray we had here. The sinus pain has subsided for the most part. Still unsure if it was due to extreme allergies and/or pressure change. Believe this or not Robitussin CF (for chest, nasal etc) seemed to help the most. I will take everyone’s advice and take a serious hard look at a FF mask, for future allergy episodes (even if I have to go behind the doc’s back to get one .                                                           Lyndell "Lyndell Thompson" <lynde…@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

news:aALrc.27088$KE6.5440@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, I am new to this NG but familiar with newgroups. I have in the last > month started using a cpap machine. I been sleeping much better(my wife > complains less) and the results are promising. I went for 30 day check up > and they changed by pressure from 7cm to 9cm. this helped even more. > Thursday my allergies were acting up, but I was still able to go to sleep > with the cpap (nasal mask-resmed activa). I woke up the next moning with a > severe sinus pain and it is still with me. I cannot change the pressure back > to seven, cuz my machine has a smartcard that controls all of that. Sleep > lab not open this weekend. Don’t even know if the cpap is contributing to > the problem. Maybe severe sinus infection. Any ideas pro or con (for using > cpap with sinus trouble) will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for any > input.             Lyndell > P.S. Doc says full face mask for cpap(for mouth breathing) is bad news, due > to risk of suffocation if one throws up while asleep. This was my first > thought, I need a full face mask. again all responses welcome.

Response:

Hi Have you tryed a chin strap?? That Beth said is correct myself, I am on 16 and use a heated humidifier. I have found it to work great. I have just moved to a Resmed Activa Mask, I find it to work very well as you have the straps looser, so it is more comfortable. Alan Sydney, Australia "Lyndell Thompson" <lynde…@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

news:aALrc.27088$KE6.5440@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, I am new to this NG but familiar with newgroups. I have in the last > month started using a cpap machine. I been sleeping much better(my wife > complains less) and the results are promising. I went for 30 day check up > and they changed by pressure from 7cm to 9cm. this helped even more. > Thursday my allergies were acting up, but I was still able to go to sleep > with the cpap (nasal mask-resmed activa). I woke up the next moning with a > severe sinus pain and it is still with me. I cannot change the pressure back > to seven, cuz my machine has a smartcard that controls all of that. Sleep > lab not open this weekend. Don’t even know if the cpap is contributing to > the problem. Maybe severe sinus infection. Any ideas pro or con (for using > cpap with sinus trouble) will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for any > input.             Lyndell > P.S. Doc says full face mask for cpap(for mouth breathing) is bad news, due > to risk of suffocation if one throws up while asleep. This was my first > thought, I need a full face mask. again all responses welcome.

Response:

chances are you need a heated humidifier, generally solves sinus probs associated with the dry air being forced into your airways. and your doc should be shot for the comment he made about the full face mask, they’d never have been released onto the medical market if they were that dangerous! using a full face mask if you need to is far far better than having your apnea ineffectively treated – now THAT can kill you, in the long run Beth in Austalia "Lyndell Thompson" <lynde…@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

news:aALrc.27088$KE6.5440@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, I am new to this NG but familiar with newgroups. I have in the last > month started using a cpap machine. I been sleeping much better(my wife > complains less) and the results are promising. I went for 30 day check up > and they changed by pressure from 7cm to 9cm. this helped even more. > Thursday my allergies were acting up, but I was still able to go to sleep > with the cpap (nasal mask-resmed activa). I woke up the next moning with a > severe sinus pain and it is still with me. I cannot change the pressure > back > to seven, cuz my machine has a smartcard that controls all of that. Sleep > lab not open this weekend. Don’t even know if the cpap is contributing to > the problem. Maybe severe sinus infection. Any ideas pro or con (for using > cpap with sinus trouble) will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for > any > input.             Lyndell > P.S. Doc says full face mask for cpap(for mouth breathing) is bad news, > due > to risk of suffocation if one throws up while asleep. This was my first > thought, I need a full face mask. again all responses welcome.

Response:

In article <aALrc.27088$KE6.5…@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>, lynde…@ix.netcom.com says… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hello, I am new to this NG but familiar with newgroups. I have in the last > month started using a cpap machine. I been sleeping much better(my wife > complains less) and the results are promising. I went for 30 day check up > and they changed by pressure from 7cm to 9cm. this helped even more. > Thursday my allergies were acting up, but I was still able to go to sleep > with the cpap (nasal mask-resmed activa). I woke up the next moning with a > severe sinus pain and it is still with me. I cannot change the pressure back > to seven, cuz my machine has a smartcard that controls all of that. Sleep > lab not open this weekend. Don’t even know if the cpap is contributing to > the problem. Maybe severe sinus infection. Any ideas pro or con (for using > cpap with sinus trouble) will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for any > input.             Lyndell > P.S. Doc says full face mask for cpap(for mouth breathing) is bad news, due > to risk of suffocation if one throws up while asleep. This was my first > thought, I need a full face mask. again all responses welcome.

You didn’t mention if you have a humidifier or not but most people find that adding moisture helps a lot. You may also want to get some nasal saline spray- it helped me (pre-trach) with adding a quick shot of moisture even with a heated humidifier. I also know of a couple of people who use a nasal flush before bed to clear any allergens- it seems to work for them. BTW- your doc is full of shit. Unless you’re so drugged out that puking in your sleep is a regular habit like some freshmen fratboy drunk luser the likelihood of that happening is somewhere between slim and none. Just my nickle’s worth, but you’d really think there would have been at least a post or two about puking into a FF mask in the past three years I’ve been reading this group regularly. /vic

Response:

Hello, I am new to this NG but familiar with newgroups. I have in the last month started using a cpap machine. I been sleeping much better(my wife complains less) and the results are promising. I went for 30 day check up and they changed by pressure from 7cm to 9cm. this helped even more. Thursday my allergies were acting up, but I was still able to go to sleep with the cpap (nasal mask-resmed activa). I woke up the next moning with a severe sinus pain and it is still with me. I cannot change the pressure back to seven, cuz my machine has a smartcard that controls all of that. Sleep lab not open this weekend. Don’t even know if the cpap is contributing to the problem. Maybe severe sinus infection. Any ideas pro or con (for using cpap with sinus trouble) will be most appreciated. Thanks in advance for any input.             Lyndell P.S. Doc says full face mask for cpap(for mouth breathing) is bad news, due to risk of suffocation if one throws up while asleep. This was my first thought, I need a full face mask. again all responses welcome.

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