Mouth breathing and AHI score
Mouth breathing and AHI score
Does the AHI score given by a cpap machine reflect mouth breathing? For example, if it says my AHI was 3, can I be confident that I was not mouth breathing?
Re: Mouth breathing and AHI score
No.
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Re: Mouth breathing and AHI score
Mouth breathing is usually detected in your leak rates. If your mouth is dry, then it indicates you are probably breathing thru your mouth.
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Re: Mouth breathing and AHI score
We don't know your mask. You can put it in your signature.
If you're using a full-face mask, mouth breathing will not affect your therapy. If not, then mouth breathing will ruin your therapy and possibly your teeth.
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Re: Mouth breathing and AHI score
A lot will depend on just how much and how long in terms of duration of mouth breathing a person does as to how much it might affect the therapy effectiveness and any subsequent AHI result.
Was it 5 minutes or 5 hours???? Was it tiny amount of air escaping the mouth or a tornado coming out the mouth???
And did any of it cause a person to wake up.
AHI numbers all by themselves don't mean a whole lot.
Was it 5 minutes or 5 hours???? Was it tiny amount of air escaping the mouth or a tornado coming out the mouth???
And did any of it cause a person to wake up.
AHI numbers all by themselves don't mean a whole lot.
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