Stomach and lower intestinal GAS

[flitestik]

Hello all:

I have been on my Solo machine for several months now and notice that each morning I have the need to release stomach gas and wondered if that were a problem for most? the release causes me to burp mostly.

Has anyone experienced the room spinning when they wake up in the morn? I have experienced this a couple of times lately.

I feel so much better having done this CPAP thing, so for those new and in the research mode as I was, take this as a positive experience remark. I am 192 lbs 5 foot 10 so not overweight particularly, but I have been battling the "nods" for years before the treatment. So good luck newbies.

Dave

[tomjax]

Technically, you do not have GAS.
at least the normal metabolic type we are more familiar with.
Do a search on aerophagia and it is very common in PAP users. It is usually self limiting and does not be a real problem in the long run.
It is air, not gas.

The common "gas" remedies such as mylanta or gasX are totally worthless.
Sitting up may lessen it- It may, in extreme cases, require a lowering of the pressure.

[dsm]

Hi,

Above 14 cms I am guaranteed to end up with air in my stomach. It is very much more pronounced if I use a nasal mask vs a f/f mask.

It is common for me to burp during the night (I think I have trained myself to do it automatically as too much air becomes a bellyache).

I often wonder what the machine registers in its data when I do this

Below 14 it almost goes away.

I am learning to live with it but am constantly 'lab ratting' to try & find solutions or to at least try to develop a good understanding of the dynamics of the activity.

Cheers

DSM