nose issues day time

[patsy]

Am new to cpap. Remstar sys1. Setting on 7. Humidity on 1. Feeling as if i have a cold during day. Lots of sneezing and blowing nose. Not like me at all. Advice?

[Pugsy]

Some people need more humidity than others. Try turning your humidifier setting up and see if more moisture helps.
Setting of 1 is low and especially with the new S1 humidification system.

Twice I have forgotten to add water to my humidifier tank and it ran dry. Both times I woke up with miserable nasal and sinus issues. Congestion, runny nose, painful sinuses, itchiness & sneezing. Sort of like allergies but not allergies.
My body needs the added moisture. I use a setting of 4 all the time.

[LabKnit]

It could be that you are actually taking in enough oxygen at night now to notice you might have allergies. That happened to me. I've always had pets & never any issues w/allergies. Had tests just last week & I'm allergic to both cats & dogs as well as numerous trees I didn't even know existed! Good Luck!

[JointPain]

I had something pretty similar. I was having sneezing fits during the day. My "normal" sneeze is three in a row. When I first restarted CPAP I was having 10-20 sneezes in a row and my nose was constantly runny.

It turned out to be the lack of humidification. In relatively damp Houston I only need 1.5 but in Denver I need 3.5. I just experimented with adjusting the humidifier setting and testing each level for a few days until the sneezing went away. Lowering the setting brought the sneezing back, and then I fine tuned it from there. Now it's not an issue. (I have not experimented to see if I still need it.)

I have also heard that some people react to too much humidification the same way.

[Patsy]

Thanks so much, all, for info on turning up humidity level. Did that last night and was much better!
Whodathunk??? Happy Halloween!