I'd like to say thanks too Pugsy and I may not stick around (they all cheer). Thanks to the forum for helping me work through my conundrum. I may not have a perfect explanation but my thoughts are a lot clearer any way. I do like forums for that reason.

1) I started the thread mostly because I couldn’t understand why humidification should be necessary based on a modest scientific understanding of human anatomy, physiology, physics etc. My argument was that CPAP doesn’t dry out the air we breathe or increase the amount of air we breathe and so it sh...

I think I must be pretty stupid not to have tried without before. I just thought it was necessary and something you were supposed to do. When I started questioning it, I started looking for answers, and I realized this would probably be the place to find them as I wasn't finding them on Youtube etc...

Actually that's not totally true as I was also concerned about disadvantages such as having (in my case) to breath warm smelly air. Thanks for looking up the links. Did an educated person like you mean breath (noun) or breathe (verb) ? :oops: Have you changed the input filter on your machine? Many ...

There are studies published on pubmed that say that your suppositions lack scientific basis, I don't have the links with me here, I'd someone else doesn't come up with them, I'll post them later. That would be great. Thank you. This ought to get you started: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article...

Are we now tolerating blatant trolls like "guinges" (and the same poster's apparent puppet account, "raticate") who create accounts and immediately being s4it-posting? Just ban em' and be done. I have no puppet account. Try not to make assumptions. Assumptions are nearly always wrong. Was it Church...

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Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:47 am

There are studies published on pubmed that say that your suppositions lack scientific basis, I don't have the links with me here, I'd someone else doesn't come up with them, I'll post them later.

That would be great. Thank you.

Thanks Pugsy, You and I posted at the same time. I had already changed the title and the original post. I hope both are more suitable for the forum.

I hope I am reasonably educated in bacteriology, physics, medicine, respirology etc Why would you pass the air you breath through a heated moist tube that could enable bacteria to grow? The CPAP machine doesn't dry out the air that you breath. It is just passing through a fan of sorts that is incre...

Well, sorry to have been rude. I did not intend to be aggressive either. If you really are an MD, it is wrong to inflict misery on your patients without cause. It might also be considered a tort in a court of law. No I wasn't looking to inflict misery on anyone. I am not involved with CPAP administ...

Well, sorry to have been rude. I did not intend to be aggressive either.

What nasty replies (on the whole). You people need to get more sleep. My intention was only to start a debate. I wasn't sure if my position was a good one, but after unquestioningly believing humidifiers were a good thing for so long, I was beginning to wonder, especially when I stopped using one a...

You got nasty replies because you started with a nasty and abrasive tone. Pretty simple. You got in return what you started with. There are better ways to start a nice healthy debate than what you did. And FWIW....this whole "use added moisture or don't use added moisture" has be pretty much beat t...

What nasty replies (on the whole). You people need to get more sleep. My intention was only to start a debate. I wasn't sure if my position was a good one, but after unquestioningly believing humidifiers were a good thing for so long, I was beginning to wonder, especially when I stopped using one an...

The following is a replacement of the original post that wasn't received well (my fault). 1) I started the thread mostly because I couldn’t understand why humidification should be necessary based on a modest scientific understanding of human anatomy, physiology, physics etc. My argument was that CPA...