Hiking with CPAP
Hiking with CPAP
Lately I've been going with a friend on long hikes. He wants me to go on a several day backpacking trip with him. But I wonder about CPAP on a backpacking trip. Does anyone have any experience with doing something similar? What equipment do you recommend?
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
PM Capn Loki who knows all about this.
Read his posts on batteries and a lot more.
Read his posts on batteries and a lot more.
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
Kong, if you are King Kong, you shouldn't have a problem carrying a XPAP and a battery to power it, both weigh way less that carrying a girl up the side of the Empire State building. Jim
Use data to optimize your xPAP treatment!
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." Voltaire
"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease." Voltaire
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
Not funny, Jim.
But very racist--enough already!
That war is long over--we lost.
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
I have been wondering the same thing. I am considering purchasing a Philips Dreamstation Go for backpacking. I would love to hear what the consensus is here. I definitely would not want to carry my full size Philips or Resmed unit plus battery on a backpack trip. Way too heavy. I'd have to leave the tent home LOL!!!
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
Hoo-yah!
Survival boot camp. You can do that!
Survival boot camp. You can do that!
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
I"m a different kong. Great apes don't suffer from sleep apnea.
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
Are you sure about that?
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
The ability of humans to speak is the root cause of sleep apnea. Speech requires a supra vocal cord tract in which the ratio of the horizontal distance between the incisor tooth and the pharynx is 1:1 with the vertical distance between the pharynx and the larynx being about equal. To acheive the 1:1 ratio, evolution brought laryngeal descent in humans, shortening of the mandible, posterior rotation of the facial skeleton and loss of the epiglottic-soft palate lock-up. These changes also allowed the tongue to become larger and thus it became partially housed in the elongated oral pharynx. When the mass of the tongue increases, it can occlude respiration during sleep. Thus the obstruction occurs mainly at night when the oropharynx is relaxed.
In the chimpanzee and other mammals, this ratio is not maintained, because the upper respiratory tract is designed only for feeding and respiration and not for speech.
Good things never last, Mr. Denham.
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Re: Hiking with CPAP
I knew that it had something to do with speech. As to the details of why, I was ignorant. Thanks for you explanation, ChicagoGranny.ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:08 pmThe ability of humans to speak is the root cause of sleep apnea. Speech requires a supra vocal cord tract in which the ratio of the horizontal distance between the incisor tooth and the pharynx is 1:1 with the vertical distance between the pharynx and the larynx being about equal. To acheive the 1:1 ratio, evolution brought laryngeal descent in humans, shortening of the mandible, posterior rotation of the facial skeleton and loss of the epiglottic-soft palate lock-up. These changes also allowed the tongue to become larger and thus it became partially housed in the elongated oral pharynx. When the mass of the tongue increases, it can occlude respiration during sleep. Thus the obstruction occurs mainly at night when the oropharynx is relaxed.
In the chimpanzee and other mammals, this ratio is not maintained, because the upper respiratory tract is designed only for feeding and respiration and not for speech.
Good things never last Mr. Denham.
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Resmed Airsense 11 Autoset, Mirage FF Quattro. Severe OSA. Pressure set 8-16.