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by chunkyfrog
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Should a heated tube actually feel warm to the touch?
Replies: 7
Views: 2539

Re: Should a heated tube actually feel warm to the touch?

Or a FLIR (infrared) camera.
My heated tubing never feels "warm" to my skin.
(Skin temperature is usually significantly lower than body temperature.)
by Janknitz
Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Back Pain is.. Back! Really frustrated!
Replies: 22
Views: 13697

Re: Back Pain is.. Back! Really frustrated!

... therapist. When I get lower back pain or sciatica I have a home program of some gentle Hatha yoga stretches which really help and also use an infrared sauna. I avoid NSAIDS because I already have bad reflux issues.
by robysue1
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please analyze my screenshot
Replies: 15
Views: 1236

Re: Please analyze my screenshot

... impossible for me to turn the device off and on again in the middle of the night. I had an idea. Can you tell me if I should buy a camera with an infrared light that will help me record the number of times I wake up in my sleep? If it's impossible to reach over and turn the machine off and back ...
by Pugsy
Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:35 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please analyze my screenshot
Replies: 15
Views: 1236

Re: Please analyze my screenshot

Can you tell me if I should buy a camera with an infrared light that will help me record the number of times I wake up in my sleep? And how would the camera know if you were awake or asleep?....and even if it would what would that change other than ...
by Dzyan
Mon Apr 03, 2023 9:04 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Please analyze my screenshot
Replies: 15
Views: 1236

Re: Please analyze my screenshot

... impossible for me to turn the device off and on again in the middle of the night. I had an idea. Can you tell me if I should buy a camera with an infrared light that will help me record the number of times I wake up in my sleep?
by chunkyfrog
Sat Nov 12, 2022 2:32 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Pulse Oximeters in CPap machines.
Replies: 71
Views: 6101

Re: Pulse Oximeters in CPap machines.

... them. (((Especially if there was a wireless connection involved.))) [OMG!!! RADIO WAVES!!! Does anyone recall that LIGHT, including visible and infrared, are in the EM spectrum?
by palerider
Wed Oct 12, 2022 3:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question on finger Oximeters
Replies: 7
Views: 584

Re: Question on finger Oximeters

Since they operate by looking through your finger, and comparing the difference in transmission between red and infrared light, it shouldn't matter which way you put the oximeter on your finger. Does the watch oximeter look through the wrist? Not the subject at hand, if you want ...
by Tec5
Wed Oct 12, 2022 2:19 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question on finger Oximeters
Replies: 7
Views: 584

Re: Question on finger Oximeters

palerider wrote:
Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:28 pm
Since they operate by looking through your finger, and comparing the difference in transmission between red and infrared light, it shouldn't matter which way you put the oximeter on your finger.
Does the watch oximeter look through the wrist?
by palerider
Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:28 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Question on finger Oximeters
Replies: 7
Views: 584

Re: Question on finger Oximeters

... painted and or artificial nails) Since they operate by looking through your finger, and comparing the difference in transmission between red and infrared light, it shouldn't matter which way you put the oximeter on your finger. Easy enough to test, put it on one way, then turn it over and try ...
by Rubicon
Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:34 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just don't feel any better
Replies: 146
Views: 10933

Re: Just don't feel any better

ETCO2 sensors don't have moisture extraction media. The probe works using infrared technology like an SpO2 sensor. https://www.cablesandsensors.com/pages/user-manual-etco2-sensor#:~:text=The%20ETCO2%20sensor%20uses%20an,related%20to%20the%20CO2%20concentration. ...
by The Tired Vet
Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:00 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Just don't feel any better
Replies: 146
Views: 10933

Re: Just don't feel any better

... as the moisture-extraction media often gets saturated and/or clogged. ETCO2 sensors don't have moisture extraction media. The probe works using infrared technology like an SpO2 sensor. https://www.cablesandsensors.com/pages/user-manual-etco2-sensor#:~:text=The%20ETCO2%20sensor%20uses%20an,related%20to%20the%20CO2%20concentration. ...
by palerider
Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:43 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article
Replies: 34
Views: 3446

Re: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article

So Granny- I should get out the infrared space heaters this winter? You would need to check the wavelengths of the light. Near-infrared light is wavelengths from 800 to 2,500 nm. The part of the light you can see (visible light) is not NIR. ...
by ChicagoGranny
Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:41 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article
Replies: 34
Views: 3446

Re: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article

This particular source has a chart but to be honest, I am not sure if there is an overlap. https://www.herschel-infrared.co.uk/how ... ared-heat/ It would appear that a quality IR heater emits all wavelengths of IR including NIR. But I would want a physicist to verify this before ...
by lynninnj
Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:59 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article
Replies: 34
Views: 3446

Re: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article

... ones produce the right wavelength? This particular source has a chart but to be honest, I am not sure if there is an overlap. https://www.herschel-infrared.co.uk/how-do-infrared-heaters-work/types-of-infrared-heat/ You seem much more knowlegable and honestly, I don't know wth I am talking about ...
by ChicagoGranny
Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:14 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article
Replies: 34
Views: 3446

Re: Vitamin D efficiency study referenced in NYT article

lynninnj wrote:
Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:30 pm
So Granny- I should get out the infrared space heaters this winter?
You would need to check the wavelengths of the light. Near-infrared light is wavelengths from 800 to 2,500 nm. The part of the light you can see (visible light) is not NIR.

If you find out, let me know, please.