Awakened by sneezing

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victormiller
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Awakened by sneezing

Post by victormiller » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:22 am

For two out of the last three nights I've suddenly awakened after 2-3 hours by sneezing. When I lie there, every 30 seconds or so I find that the incoming air into my nasal pillows sends me into a sneezing fit. Eventually, I took off the mask and the sneezing stopped. So I had to try to sleep the rest of the night without PAP. This has never happened to me before. Does this seem familiar to anyone? Any advice on what to do?

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streetrodder
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Re: Awakened by sneezing

Post by streetrodder » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:46 pm

hi vic
I had the same problem a while back and I checked my intake filter and it had some dust on it and also near the port. I cleaned it and replaced the filter and all is well for me on my S9.
hope this helps

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Re: Awakened by sneezing

Post by gasp » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:23 pm

victormiller wrote:For two out of the last three nights I've suddenly awakened after 2-3 hours by sneezing. When I lie there, every 30 seconds or so I find that the incoming air into my nasal pillows sends me into a sneezing fit. Eventually, I took off the mask and the sneezing stopped. So I had to try to sleep the rest of the night without PAP. This has never happened to me before. Does this seem familiar to anyone? Any advice on what to do?
It looks like you have the really nice new machine. Does it take superfine filters like it's predecessors? I use a white superfine filter (toward inside of machine) and the dark grey filter (on the outside on top of the white filter).

https://www.cpap.com/cpap-filters.php

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