Use of povidone iodine in cpap reservoir?

[Cook1974]

First post. I did a search for this topic and came up empty in these forums. I have been using C/APAPS over 20+ years.

I have allergies which I use a Navage with 2-4 drops of povidine iodine in the salt solution mixed in distilled water and was wondering if it's dangerous to add drops of povidone iodine (10%) to the Resmed Air 11 reservoir I'm currently using?

I search Google but came to a dead end. Of course, if there are no results, I should assume not to add the drops to my reservoir?
TIA

[chunkyfrog]

DON'T do it!

[zonker]

DON'T do it!

can you explain why?

[chunkyfrog]

DON'T do it!

can you explain why?

Isn't NOT finding evidence either way enough?
Why volunteer to be a guinea pig?
During a nasal rinse, exposure is minimal.
Breathing povidone iodine all night long has not been proven safe.
Iodine is enough of a nasal irritant that I can smell it in iodized salt.

[zonker]

DON'T do it!

can you explain why?

Isn't NOT finding evidence either way enough?
Why volunteer to be a guinea pig?
During a nasal rinse, exposure is minimal.
Breathing povidone iodine all night long has not been proven safe.
Iodine is enough of a nasal irritant that I can smell it in iodized salt.

thank you.

(tips hat as too lazy to go find the gif)

[palerider]

Hey google, is breathing iodine safe?

The substance is severely irritating to the eyes and respiratory tract. The substance is irritating to the skin. Inhalation of the vapour may cause asthma-like reactions (RADS). Inhalation of the vapour may cause lung oedema.

Keep it out of your lungs.

Here's a few more results: https://www.google.com/search?channel=f ... odine+safe

[chunkyfrog]

Google--even better than using that squishy thing between your ears.

[lazarus]

Google--even better than using that squishy thing between your ears.

Nose?

[palerider]

Google--even better than using that squishy thing between your ears.

Nose?

My nose is under my eyes.

[lazarus]

I've never been good with directions.

[chunkyfrog]

Sorry, I forgot some of us are built differently.

[Cook1974]

Thanks everyone. I seen people use small amounts of diluted povidone iodine in these vapor pens to breath into the lungs. I suppose 7 hours worth would be a bit much.
Thanks again...

[palerider]

I seen people use small amounts of diluted povidone iodine in these vapor pens to breath into the lungs.

People vape a lot of things, some of them quite harmful, some of them fatal.


https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_infor ... sease.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%8 ... s_outbreak

[chunkyfrog]

There seems to be no limit to the crazy, stupid ideas people get.
Are they so bored that they just want to DIE?

[palerider]

There seems to be no limit to the crazy, stupid ideas people get.
Are they so bored that they just want to DIE?

:cough:tide pods:cough: