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by mtnguyen
Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS and CPAP
Replies: 66
Views: 60748

Re: UARS and CPAP

cpap first please
by mtnguyen
Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:15 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: UARS and CPAP
Replies: 66
Views: 60748

Re: UARS and CPAP

I too have UARS, you might want to look for mewing/ tongue chewing on youtube, it really helps, though CPAP isn't a complete solution bc with UARS you are going to need CPAP even at daytime as I did. Palatal expansion with adult is really hard but with constant mewing/tongue chewing your maxilla wil...
by mtnguyen
Wed Oct 31, 2018 7:21 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Not so new newbie still feels tired after 455 days
Replies: 29
Views: 5975

Re: Not so new newbie still feels tired after 455 days

I tried autoset but it doesn't work too, I tried a lot of different setting but it doesn't help, it seems like for me nasal resistance is the culprit, to see if you have too much nasal resistance, try cottle's maneuver, pull out both your cheek to the side to make your nostrils bigger, then see if y...
by mtnguyen
Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:49 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Need help, suspect UARS. Want to try APAP - need advice and guidance.
Replies: 367
Views: 226697

Re: Need help, suspect UARS. Want to try APAP - need advice and guidance.

reason why you mouth breathe is because your nasal airway is narrow, narrow nasal airway dries up your turbinate and makes it swells, I also have UARS and the treatment for me to reduce nasal resistance is palatal expander, according to research, using palatal expander reduce 35% of nasal resistance...
by mtnguyen
Wed Jul 18, 2018 7:37 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: need advice for mask - nasal congestion
Replies: 18
Views: 34591

Re: need advice for mask - nasal congestion

i ve read a lot of research and they say craniofacial deformity is the leading cause of sleep apnea in non obese person I also believe that craniofacial deformity is a major cause of sleep apnea, and sleep apnea left untreated leads to obesity. ------> recent studies suggest that OSA may itself cau...
by mtnguyen
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: need advice for mask - nasal congestion
Replies: 18
Views: 34591

Re: need advice for mask - nasal congestion

i only experienced those fine feeling of having enough oxygen for 2 weeks, then i came to the orthodontics to adjust my braces, my teeth moves back also mess up with my nose so the airway become much narrower than before , this time my sleep apnea becomes much worse, i can only sleep for 2 hours and...
by mtnguyen
Tue Jul 17, 2018 7:54 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: need advice for mask - nasal congestion
Replies: 18
Views: 34591

Re: need advice for mask - nasal congestion

I too have chronic nasal congestion, I cut my turbinate twice, with coblator and laser, but the problem still persist. Breathe right strips helps, but I still couldn't breathe normally, I still have fatigue and tired, after a lot of experiment and research, I found out that narrow airway, the part i...
by mtnguyen
Sat Apr 12, 2014 4:12 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Why do we need a CPAP?
Replies: 19
Views: 5871

Why do we need a CPAP?

if the whole purpose of the CPAP is to blow air into our nose then why do we need to spend 1000 dollars when we can use a fan to blow air into our nose, and for the humidifier part, we can use humidifier and use a hose to connect the humidifier to the fan and then problem solved. you can use cpap ma...