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by david.thistlethwaite
Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: A cold and CPAP Therapy
Replies: 14
Views: 1406

Re: A cold and CPAP Therapy

During a cold I have also found that a full face mask can work, but I have discovered a trick that is in my opinion counter intuitive. I clean out my nasal passages using a neti-pot, then head off to bed. I turn DOWN the humidity on my xpap and this in turn dries out my nasal passages effectively st...
by david.thistlethwaite
Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:09 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: why Distilled water?
Replies: 24
Views: 5243

Re: why Distilled water?

Thanks for your replies everyone. I have very good tap water and a whole home chlorine filter so I will switch to tap water. I have been using distilled water but at the end of 2 months of usage I have calciifation on the bottom of the humidifier tank. I mean if they cheap out on making distilled wa...
by david.thistlethwaite
Thu Oct 29, 2009 7:38 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: why Distilled water?
Replies: 24
Views: 5243

why Distilled water?

For the humidifer?
Is this just to reduce scale build up?

Or is there a health reason?

David