cpap dripped water into my throat

tovayeah · Post by **tovayeah** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:34 pm

I couldn't get used to my cpap machine and stopped trying, but I want to give it another shot. One problem I had was, without the steam it was too dry, but with the steam, it condensed and dripped water into my throat and I woke up drowning! Anyone ever heard of that? The lady at Apria tried to tell me that's normal, and wouldn't give me a different setup. Any experience with this type of situation?

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:04 pm

Hi - It's called 'rainout' and is very common - try either turning down the setting of your humidifier to a lower number, or make sure your machine's at a lower level than your head - water can't drip uphill..

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:40 pm

LINKS to discussions about the Aussie heated hose, Repti heat cable, and other ways to deal with "rainout."
viewtopic.php?t=5305

jjk308 · Post by **jjk308** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:31 am

Keep the humidifier below the level of your head. Keep the temperature setting low enough to prevent all but a small amount of condensation in the tube or use a heated hose.
if you can't get used to CPAP, then BiPAP may work much better.

archangle · Post by **archangle** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:47 pm

Welcome to the board.

Please sign up for a user ID and fill in the equipment on your profile, and we can give you better info about your particular equipment.

Many of us have battled the rainout monster and won.

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