Is PAP therapy alone effective with chronic nasal congestion?

[Okie bipap]

Other three incorporate forms of nasal pllows, as described.

They are not nasal pillows. Nothing is inserted even partially into the nose. They are nasal cushions. I know, because I have tried all three of them at one time or another. I also tried the hybrid masks that use nasal pillows, but I liked them even less.

[jnk...]

Other three incorporate forms of nasal pllows, as described.

They are not nasal pillows. Nothing is inserted even partially into the nose. They are nasal cushions. I know, because I have tried all three of them at one time or another. I also tried the hybrid masks that use nasal pillows, but I liked them even less.

Nasal pillows aren't supposed to go into the nose. They are supposed to go up against the outside of the nostrils as cushions. The shape is only to keep them in place.

Anyway, my point is only that whatever name you do or do not call the individual masks, there are special properties for me for the masks that inflate the nose in that those masks act as nasal strips making it easier for me to breathe, thereby encouraging me to nose-breathe during sleep.

Many thanks to all who attempted to clarify my point for others in case they too were confused by my apparently very clumsy wording trying to differentiate modern masks from the traditional full-face and traditional over-the-nose nasal masks that cannot inflate the nose in any way.

I stand corrected. Apparently the point matters only to me anyway. I'll try to remember that.

[ChicagoGranny]

They are nasal cushions.

Nope. They are not nasal cushions. They are mouth cushions with openings for the nostrils.

[Okie bipap]

Nope. They are not nasal cushions. They are mouth cushions with openings for the nostrils.

Maybe they are, but the portion that goes under the nose looks a lot like the Dreamwear nasal cushion.

[Muse-Inc]

...using a P10 nasal pillow mask...I have not found a suitable backup full face mask in the few I have tried.

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