Side sleeping and dryness in mouth

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Re: Side sleeping and dryness in mouth

Post by BlackSpinner » Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:04 pm

postitnote wrote:
It's doubtful that my lips would be so dry that they stick together if I had my mouth open.
That is what my mouth did before cpap. If you were not mouth breathing, your mouth would not dry out unless you developed a new medical condition. As you are waking up you close your mouth and it sticks together.

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Re: Side sleeping and dryness in mouth

Post by postitnote » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:07 pm

StuK wrote:I think the humidifier will definitely help, I find that when my mask is not tight and the air leaks it is like having a blower hand dryer evaporating the moisture in my mouth. Best I can do for a comment.
Thank you Stu. I am hoping it will too. The machine should be here soon.
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Re: Side sleeping and dryness in mouth

Post by postitnote » Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:17 pm

BlackSpinner wrote:
postitnote wrote:
It's doubtful that my lips would be so dry that they stick together if I had my mouth open.
That is what my mouth did before cpap. If you were not mouth breathing, your mouth would not dry out unless you developed a new medical condition. As you are waking up you close your mouth and it sticks together.
That's interesting because it would mean I only open my mouth if I don't sleep on my left side. It doesn't happen that often and the reason I asked about it was that it did happen recently. No new illnesses or new meds but then if either of those was an issue it would have to happen more than just when I roll over. I really need to find the file the ENT gave me when he retired and check to see which side of my septum is deviated. I think that and not using a humidifier would be the best place to start. Those pillows look pretty nice but at close to $60 not sure I'd buy one. I'm using my grandpa's feather pillows still and occasionally a cat if one tries to sleep on my head!
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