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cpap pillows3

Post by leib » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:07 am

Looking for a cpap pillow for back sleepers. Any out there?
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Re: cpap pillows3

Post by LSAT » Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:15 am

Use the search feature on this site...also check out the Regenisis Pillow there are lots of users on this board.
http://www.pur-sleep.com/products/prodD ... rch=&page=

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Re: cpap pillows3

Post by BleepingBeauty » Sat Aug 15, 2009 4:31 pm

Looking for a cpap pillow for back sleepers.
I'm confused. Why would a back-sleeper need any kind of special pillow for use with CPAP?

What am I missing?
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Re: cpap pillows3

Post by Hawthorne » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:16 pm

I'm a back sleeper. I used a contour pillow long before I was diagonsed with sleep apnea to support my neck properly while sleeping. When I got a cpap, I found that the contour pillow helps keep my chin from dropping forward as it could with a "regular" pillow. If my chin drops forward while sleeping on my back, the airway can close more and fight against the cpap pressure. I might need a much higher pressure if my chin dropped and caused more closing of the airway.

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Re: cpap pillows3

Post by Hoze-Zay » Sat Aug 15, 2009 6:24 pm

I suggest that you try to sleep with just a small pillow, mine is about 2 inches high. A pillow makes the head lean forward. Not good for us.

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