mouth breathing

haynow2b · Post by **haynow2b** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:02 pm

If your not sure if your mouthberathing or not, does it matter if your apnea's stay below 4.0?
Thanks, Gary

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:26 pm

The duration of the events matters, you are probably Ok, but O2 stats matter too. Jim

inacpapfog · Post by **inacpapfog** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:33 pm

If you have no way to know if you are a mouthbreather or not and your ahi's are around 4.0, seems like there might be a good probability that you are!
However, if you use a standard cpap, your fixed pressure may be the culprit for not keeping AHI's in a more accectable range. ( Excess mask leaks can also play a part.)

OwlCreekObserver · Post by **OwlCreekObserver** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:41 pm

inacpapfog wrote:If you have no way to know if you are a mouthbreather or not and your ahi's are around 4.0, seems like there might be a good probability that you are!

I'm still a relative newbie, but I thought anything below 5.0 on the AHI was considered normal. If not, then what should I be shooting for (short of zero)?

OCO

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:44 pm

Below 5 is Normal, but who just wants to be Normal? Why be normal when with a little more suffering we can be under 1! Jim

That would make us four better than Normal.

OwlCreekObserver · Post by **OwlCreekObserver** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:51 pm

Goofproof wrote:Below 5 is Normal, but who just wants to be Normal? Why be normal when with a little more suffering we can be under 1! Jim

That would make us four better than Normal.

Okay, that's it! Tonight I shoot for -2.5!!

OCO