changing the pressure
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changing the pressure
I'm wondering if any of you know the answer to my question. If I am adjusting my own machine how can I tell if it's too strong? Also, what can happen if you do have it set way too high? Thank-you in advance for your attention
Re: changing the pressure
Please add your equipment to your profile equipment page. It would help us help you if we knew what you are using.
What is your machine's pressure settings? What makes you think it is too high?
A small percentage of cpap users might develop centrals as a response to pressures but it can happen at lower pressures as well as higher pressures. Not everyone that uses "high" pressures develop centrals. Most people don't.
Unless you have fragile lungs for some other health reason (and those people it is doubtful that a doctor would have prescribed cpap) the amount of pressure at the machine's highest settings higher pressure won't do any harm. Lots of people use greater than 20 cm pressure and have no adverse effects.
Some people will have some of the air sneak into the stomach and cause discomfort but again this can happen with really low pressures too. While "higher" pressures may feel like a hurricane 20 cm they really aren't high enough to even barely inflate a balloon.
What is your machine's pressure settings? What makes you think it is too high?
A small percentage of cpap users might develop centrals as a response to pressures but it can happen at lower pressures as well as higher pressures. Not everyone that uses "high" pressures develop centrals. Most people don't.
Unless you have fragile lungs for some other health reason (and those people it is doubtful that a doctor would have prescribed cpap) the amount of pressure at the machine's highest settings higher pressure won't do any harm. Lots of people use greater than 20 cm pressure and have no adverse effects.
Some people will have some of the air sneak into the stomach and cause discomfort but again this can happen with really low pressures too. While "higher" pressures may feel like a hurricane 20 cm they really aren't high enough to even barely inflate a balloon.
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Re: changing the pressure
Teresa,
If you have an auto-adjusting machine, the upper pressure limit doesn't matter too much as long as it is higher than what you need. The auto machine will increase the pressure to treat events, but it will not go any higher than what is needed. The lower number is much more important. You want that number within about 2 centimeters of your 95% pressure level (as a general rule of thumb). For example, if you run your machine wide open (4 cm to 20 cm), then find out that your 95% pressure is 12, then you probably want to set the lower number at 10 cm. You can set the upper number somewhere between 14 and 20 as long as you are not maxing out the pressure.
-john-
If you have an auto-adjusting machine, the upper pressure limit doesn't matter too much as long as it is higher than what you need. The auto machine will increase the pressure to treat events, but it will not go any higher than what is needed. The lower number is much more important. You want that number within about 2 centimeters of your 95% pressure level (as a general rule of thumb). For example, if you run your machine wide open (4 cm to 20 cm), then find out that your 95% pressure is 12, then you probably want to set the lower number at 10 cm. You can set the upper number somewhere between 14 and 20 as long as you are not maxing out the pressure.
-john-
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