allergies

[justacpapuser]

I was quite happy with CPAP and got 6-8 hours of sleep a night until recently. I suspect it is due to allergies (sneezing, itchy eyes, stuffy nose, congestion which causes headache).
Anti-histamine pills don't do much for me and I may try products which contain different active ingredients to see if that helps.
I do know that inhaling steamed eucalyptus oil seems to help. I was wondering if someone ever tried a few drops in the humidifier tanks and whether that helped or may cause issue I'm not aware of.

Also, there is the bacteria filter which states it also helps for allergies (I guess it helps to block allergens).
Did someone ever try that?

[Pugsy]

It's not generally recommended to actually add drops of oil into the water in the tank.
If nothing less than it is going to create a cleaning nightmare and what happens if you add too much?
I don't see how oil droplets can hitch a ride on tiny moisture droplets but I wouldn't want to give it a chance of making its way into my lungs so I still wouldn't do it even if the cleaning wasn't a nightmare.

What you can do is put a drop on a cotton ball (or whatever) and set it by the air intake. This way you can move it back a bit if you find you have used too much and the aroma is too strong. I do this often with various essential oils because I like aroma therapy just because it smells nice. Pur Sleep has a couple of fragrances that actually work with the eucalyptus oils for helping clear the nasal passages. Especially the "Clear"...I had to be careful with this one...it had to be moved back a bit.
https://www.cpap.com/cpap-comfort-clean ... herapy.php

[dllynam]

I had issues with this when I started my CPAP regime, I found that dialing up my heat in the humidifier helped a lot, but love the idea of a cotton ball with essential oils

also I know the allergen filters that come with my antiquated machine (no data and no longer made) help a lot, I would try those as well

[mgaggie]

Please be careful using eucalyptus oil. It's strong stuff. During winter I could clear a classroom when I had a couple of drops of it on a hanky. If you happend to use it in a steamer and put too much in, the vapours made my eyeballs feel like they were on fire.

Pugsy's suggestion of a cotton ball is excellent, I would go that way.