cpap/sinus problems

[DroverEd]

i've been on cpap for 10 days now. It has humidifier because i have bad sinuses. My sinuses were alright for months then the first night I wore the thing they went crazy and i have been alternately stopped up or having runny nose and sneezing. How long is this going to last. I'm taking medicine and flonase and have setting at 2.

[Spiritus]

i've been on cpap for 10 days now. It has humidifier because i have bad sinuses. My sinuses were alright for months then the first night I wore the thing they went crazy and i have been alternately stopped up or having runny nose and sneezing. How long is this going to last. I'm taking medicine and flonase and have setting at 2.

My sinuses were a bit dicey for the first week, but my doctor prescribed Beclemethasone (corticosteroid ) spray, and I've gradually gotten less congested at night.

Rob

[ginnylee]

I am thankful for my cpap as I had severe obstructive sleep apnea......But, it's like you can get something to help something and then it affects something else......I have been on the cpap for 7 yrs. now and sleep wonderfully........I started getting irritation in my eyes from the air blowing out and had several eye erosions in my left eye......Then I got some type of infection in my right eye and it watered continually.....So, I went from the mask to the nose pillows and my eyes immediately cleared up but I started getting more congestion and laryngitis....Some mornings I wake up and have absolutely no voice at all......I would like to know if anyone else has had trouble with laryngitis....I haven't had sinus trouble but have had much sneezing and lots of runny noses.....Today I switched from the nose plugs back to the mask in hopes of getting rid of the upper respiratory stuff......I've tried everything imagineable ...different size masks and nose plugs......

[SleepyGuy]

I wonder if some of the problem is not from pressure causing your nose to close up? That happened to me.

I finally figured out it was my pillow doing it. I had a large fluffy pillow that would push on my cheek and eventually cause my nose to close off. This was probably happening before the CPAP, but I just didn't really notice because I wasn't trying to breathe through my nose all the time.

A breathe-right strip helps keep my nose open. I've now got a flatter pillow that does not put as much pressure on my cheek and nose. I also try to sleep with my head pointed up a little. (I sleep on my side.)