Black ring around face
Black ring around face
My cpap machine is sitting on my night stand just above our forced air furnace register. Not sure where the black ring is coming from on my face just around my beard at the bottom of my mask. My filter is also black. Cannot wash the black outof the filter either. Any ideas??
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Re: Black ring around face
Yea sure, if the filter it black it is the air coming into the machine that is contaminated.gilmour wrote:My cpap machine is sitting on my night stand just above our forced air furnace register. Not sure where the black ring is coming from on my face just around my beard at the bottom of my mask. My filter is also black. Cannot wash the black outof the filter either. Any ideas??
Which make/model machine do you have?
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I will post what type of machine I have soon.
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Yes. Call a trusted HVAC man.gilmour wrote:Any ideas??
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I do not want to overly alarm you, but if you have a gas or oil furnace you need to have your furnace checked immediately, or shut it down until you can! If what you are seeing is soot, your furnace could be producing deadly carbon monoxide.
Tom - Retired heating and AC contractor.
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That is what I thought. I already had an experience with carbon monoxide poisoning at my mothers home. The registers and walls turn black. We do not have that here. Other posts said it was possibly mold spores, dust or even from burning candles. My follow up visit is afound the corner and I need to discuss these matters with them. Any help or same experiences would be most helpful.
We also have a dog that sheds a lot and creates dust.
We also have a dog that sheds a lot and creates dust.
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"They" will only tell you it is not the machine.gilmour wrote:My follow up visit is afound the corner and I need to discuss these matters with them.
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What happens after one night if you replace the filter?
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I know this is bad. That is the same filter since I started the cpap. I will be getting more on Monday.
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What you are needing to do on Monday is get the furnace problem fixed! Everything you see in the filter you are breathing into your lungs during the day!!!!!gilmour wrote:I know this is bad. That is the same filter since I started the cpap. I will be getting more on Monday.
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We have 3 carbon monoxide detecters in our home. So I am ruling out the furnace is at fault. I will get new filters tomorrow and see what happens then.
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Burning candles are ya?gilmour wrote:We have 3 carbon monoxide detecters in our home. So I am ruling out the furnace is at fault. I will get new filters tomorrow and see what happens then.
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Yes we are burning candles. Hard to believe soot from them would get in our bedroom.
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Ok then.... believe it or not. How many do you burn?gilmour wrote:Yes we are burning candles. Hard to believe soot from them would get in our bedroom.
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2~~~~~both in the living room.
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