Activa Mask Leak? Newbie on Auto CPAP

georgiaboy · Post by **georgiaboy** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:06 am

Encoe Pro data shows Avg mask leak of 70.0, Avg 90% of 39.o and avg leak of 35, I woke up during the night mouth breating, AHI was 2,o or better but I feel like crap. HELP!!!

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Tue May 08, 2007 6:59 am

Leaks have to be under control for this to work. Do you clean your mask every day? Be sure there are no facial oils left from the previous night left on the mask that would compromise the seal. Since you are mouth breathing or leaking, you might want to try taping your mouth shut for a few nights to see if it helps.

Brenda

georgiaboy · Post by **georgiaboy** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:41 am

Thanks for the reply, I taped last night but it came loose. I woke in middle of night with mouth leak.I do wash up every night , but I don't know what tape works best. Any thoughts on tape?

What would be an acceptable leak rate?

bdp522 · Post by **bdp522** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:16 am

I use Kendalls tender skin paper tape. It sticks very well and doesn't take any skin with it when I yank it off in the morning. Here's a link to Roosters taping proceedure;

viewtopic.php?t=9653&start=0

I follow these instructions for taping every night and it works great.

Here's a link to find the leak rate for your mask;

http://www.internetage.com/cpapinfo/leak-rates-1.html

Hope this helps

Brenda

Babette · Post by **Babette** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:24 am

I've seen these online, but don't know anything about them:
http://www.chinupstrip.com/

Cheers,
B.