is it safe to light a match????

[columbuscarol]

Last night I thought I could start my own gas station. I have been having so much gas and bloating lately can anyone tell me what i can do about it. My pressure is at l2 and my hp and ahi were both about 8.0 last night. I am on a s8 elite machine. Also, my mouth dried up so much my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth. Any suggestions for an old lady?? thanks much

[Goofproof]

Get a Full Face mask, or tape your lips shut tight, it sounds like you are mouthbreathing, and losing your treatment out of your mouth. XPAP only works it you can retain enough pressure to hold your airway open. (Splint) Most of the gas is air, so light up!

[columbuscarol]

Thanks for the reply, I do use a full face mask, maybe i dont have it tight enough. Will try again tonight

[Wulfman]

Last night I thought I could start my own gas station. I have been having so much gas and bloating lately can anyone tell me what i can do about it. My pressure is at l2 and my hp and ahi were both about 8.0 last night. I am on a s8 elite machine. Also, my mouth dried up so much my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth. Any suggestions for an old lady?? thanks much

What you're describing is called "aerophagia". If you go to the Search function (above) and type in that word, you'll get many, many links to posts/threads where it has been discussed. There are no hard and fast rules to the solutions, either. For some, it is straight pressure (no exhale relief EPR/C-Flex), or, using lower pressure, or getting an APAP/Auto and using it in a range of pressures, or getting a Bi-PAP......and many other options. Some people also have GERD and that has to be addressed, too.

Good luck.

Den

[OldLincoln]

As stated above, it is filtered air, not methane that vents. Also, as a certified CPAP user, your "vents" cannot be heard by others nor does it smell so feel free to let'er rip wherever you are. Just kidding, but you household members need to understand and ignore the goings on every morning.

[2girlsmom]

Well, you could make a video and become famous like this guy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D76CwuLtCs

Sorry, couldn't resist. Do you use a humidifier? That would help with the dry mouth.

[BallBuster]

Last night I thought I could start my own gas station. Any suggestions for an old lady??

Tried a butt plug?

[psikes]

So this guy goes to his Dr and says "Doc you have to help me, I have been having these silent gaseous emissions all the time. In fact I just had another one. What am I gonna do?" The Dr says "First thing is to get you a hearing test!!"

Good luck on the dry mouth. I have been fighting this for quite a while. My sleep Doc even put me on a second HH and a full face mask. The second HH helped but I cannot get a FF mask to work so far. A Zzz mask is on its way by Wednesday, I sure hope it fits.

Phil

[WearyOne]

psikes, I like that.

I have dry mouth issues a good portion of the time and I use a Hybrid, which is a FF! I've just gotten used to it, I guess.

[Jencrdh]

The only thing I've found somewhat helpful with the dry mouth is a product from Biotene. It's a mouth moisturizing gel. I put a pea sized amount into my mouth and swish it around to coat the inside. It's not delicious but it does help.

[john_dozer]

Thanks for the reply, I do use a full face mask, maybe i dont have it tight enough. Will try again tonight

I have a full face mask and my mouth will dry out even without leaks. In fact, your mask it built to leak to a small degree because they blow more air through your mask than you need to breath in order to ensure pressure is maintained.

If you open your mouth at all, even if you don't breath much through it, the fast flowing air in your mask will swirl air in and out of your mouth, causing it to dry out faster than normal.

If this is the case, there is a gel for dry mouth that helps some. Oralbalance by BIotene. It claims 8 hours of protection which I haven't found to be true with the CPAP, but is does help some.

But extra humidity is your best bet.

You could crank up your humidifier on your CPAP, but I found that would cause me to wake or have a wrestless sleep. When the humidifier is anything about 2, the overly warm humid air makes my feel like I'm being asphyxiated. I can't stand it.

Last winter I bought a heated room humidifier to bring up the humidity level in my bedroom to something more typical of the spring and summer without bringing up the temperature much which is a non-issue in the winter. That seemed to be just enough to prevent most of the dryness.

I was also considering putting a passive humidifier in line with my heated humidifier.