Sore Nose

[profish]

I have been using an Optilife for about the last two months. Never experienced any real problems with it until the last week or so. About a week ago I woke up one morning with my nose extremely sore inside my nares. I used Ayre for a couple of days and switched back to my old Profile Lite mask. The nose got better over a couple of days. Last night I tried the Optilife again and woke up this morning once more with the agravating, painful rawness in my nose. Anybody got any ideas?

[Babette]

Yeah, winter is coming on. I'll bet you need more humidity. I had that same thing happen to me. I upped my humidity, and the sores inside my nose healed up.

If that's NOT the case, then I just don't know what to tell you. Maybe it's time to try another mask? I personally can't stand nasal pillows masks - they rub my nose and upper lip raw. I use a nasal prongs mask, and get little to no irritation. I run a free test drive for the Nasal Aire II. See my signature block for links to more info.

Cheers,
Barbara

[carbonman]

I have been using an Optilife for about the last two months. About a week ago I woke up one morning with my nose extremely sore inside my nares. . Last night I tried the Optilife again and woke up this morning once more with the agravating, painful rawness in my nose. Anybody got any ideas?

Get a ffm. I went through your exact experience.
It was a mechanical problem, I believe, with how the pillows
fit my nose. Just didn't work.
Add mouth breathing and gluing my mouth shut =ffm.

2 months and 5 masks later, I'm a happy 'pap'er.

....once you go full, you'll never go back.

[Paul56]

....once you go full, you'll never go back.

Oh man... haha... thanks for the laugh... that was funny.

[profish]

I have been on Cpap for several years and had switched from a Profile Lite to this Optilife only a couple of months ago. I don't have a problem mouth breathing, never have so I thought the Optilife would work and it did really good for a while. I live in East Texas so humidity is not a real problem, however I sleep with the humidifier going to the point where it is just short of rainout. I keep a hybrid handy for the days where I have severe nasal congestion which happens during certain parts of the year, usually when the pine trees are blooming. I understand they have come out with a new nasal cushion for this mask that replaces the pillows. I might see if I can find one of them and try it. The Optilife is real light, only weighs about 4 ounces so you never really notice it on as long as it works right. Thanks for all the input!