CPAP and sneezing

Logies101 · Post by **Logies101** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:25 pm

Before starting CPAP a little over two weeks ago I didn't have a problem with sneezing alot. Now when I wake up and take the mask off I sneeze all day long, like twenty or more times a day. I' m not sick and don't have a problem with allergies. I use a heated humidifier with the heated hose. Anyone else have this problem? Could it be that the air I breathe all night is filtered and my body likes and is rebelling against the 'normal' air during the day? Any ideas?

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:47 pm

Try turning down the humidifier - you may not need as much humidity, or may need more, but til you experiment for a couple of days with both high and low (if not off) settings, you'll never know.

Logies101 · Post by **Logies101** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 9:13 pm

Thanks Julie, I'll do that.

Krelvin · Post by **Krelvin** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:21 pm

Are you at the house when this happens? Could be that the filter is filtering out pet dander and other allergens at night and when you take the mask after a night of filtered air it is irritating you more than it used to.

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 10:47 pm

I have allergic rhinitis and take loratadine for it.
If a couple sneezes get through, it helps keep my sinuses clear.
I cannot make any reasonable connection to cpap.

Logies101 · Post by **Logies101** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:38 pm

Yes I'm at my house when this happens, but it never happened before the CPAP, maybe a coincidence?

Krelvin · Post by **Krelvin** » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:54 pm

Logies101 wrote:Yes I'm at my house when this happens, but it never happened before the CPAP, maybe a coincidence?

Did you wear a filter when you slept before cpap?

Logies101 · Post by **Logies101** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:19 am

Nope, I never had the need. I just started the sneezing attacks since the CPAP. It may be what you said, since breathing the filtered air maybe I'm more sensitive to pet dander now. I have a Golden Retriever and he sheds big time.

Krelvin · Post by **Krelvin** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:19 pm

Logies101 wrote:maybe I'm more sensitive to pet dander now. I have a Golden Retriever and he sheds big time.

I was guessing this due to your avatar... that was the point I was trying to make.

Using Cpap has changed your exposure by filtering the air that you used to always breath. A lot of people are allergic to their pets in varying degrees.

BTW I keep the tiger outside...

Ogeo · Post by **Ogeo** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:31 pm

I do a lot of sneezing throughout the day but I also started allergy shots at the same time as starting on xPap. So I thought it was due to having things I'm allergic to injected into my body twice a week. I do not have any pets in the home so that is, of course, eliminated as a cause. I wonder if it is because of sleeping with the filtered air at night and then during the day we breathe all the pollens, dust, etc in our home. I do not do any sneezing once the mask goes on. Maybe we need a smaller version of a portable pap machine we can attach to our belt and wear all day. LOL.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:34 pm

Krelvin wrote:BTW I keep the tiger outside...

poor tiger! don't you know they love to cuddle?

Krelvin · Post by **Krelvin** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:37 pm

palerider wrote:
Krelvin wrote:BTW I keep the tiger outside...
poor tiger! don't you know they love to cuddle?

He keeps the neighborhood kid population down.

palerider · Post by **palerider** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:19 pm

Krelvin wrote:
palerider wrote:
Krelvin wrote:BTW I keep the tiger outside...
poor tiger! don't you know they love to cuddle?

He keeps the neighborhood kid population down.

OOOH!!! Good kitty!

jeff68 · Post by **jeff68** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:20 pm

I also find that since starting the bipap I sneeze at home and work during the day

justmeagain · Post by **justmeagain** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:27 am

Maybe your general home/work environment needs more humidity? to match your sleeping humidity.

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