cpap machine trying to drown me

[marybarcroft]

Hi Everyone,

I have had a problem recently where my mask gets water in it and when I roll over it runs over and up my nose causing me to breathe in water and wake up. The machine is lower than my head, and I use a nasal mask. Any suggestions for what the problem is or how to fix it? I use a Fisher-Paykel Petite 406 nasal mask, which I love.

[cflame1]

Either cover your hose, or warm up your room.

It's called rainout.

[roster]

Either cover your hose, or warm up your room.

.... or turn down your humidifier setting or do all three.

[KatieW]

If those suggestions don't work, alot of us use the heated hose from Australia, affectionately called the Aussie Heated Hose. It works great. If you do a search, you will find lots of comments about it. I love mine.

http://www.sleepzone.com.au/showitems.a ... %20Tube%27

[Gerryk]

You can also use hose management use something to hold the hose up above your head, but that will only help to a degree. Usually it takes a combination of things to fix it.

Gerry

[rested gal]

Welcome to the board, Mary.

In addition to the good suggestions above, I've read of people putting a small piece of absorbent material inside a mask along the bottom:
Sep 20, 2008 subject: My fix for rainout (condensation) in Swift LT nasal pillow to feeling_better for instructions and pictures - using string to soak up waterdrops in the nasal pillows assembly.
viewtopic.php?p=298845#298845

Although that describes a fix for rainout in a Swift nasal pillows mask, the principle would be the same for just about any mask...something to soak up the loose water inside.

I use the Aussie heated hose to stop rainout from the get-go:
LINKS to discussions about the Aussie heated hose - to prevent rainout
viewtopic.php?t=5305

[Patrick A]

RG
Some great ideas. Thanks for posting them.
Himself

[marybarcroft]

Thanks to everyone. I didn't have this problem until this fall. The hose is covered. I'll check into the Aussie hose.

[Monterrey8]

Ck out my new post for today 1/11/10. I had the same problem but I've solved it. Monterrey8

[xiola]

the aussie heated hose fixed my rainout 100% and i have a very cold bedroom, and keep my humidifier on 3.

Thanks to everyone. I didn't have this problem until this fall. The hose is covered. I'll check into the Aussie hose.

[Sleeprider]

The heated hose is a real life saver. I'm suffering through the flu and the warmer moister air with no rain-out is a real blessing.

[rosacer]

I had the same problem. If I lower the humidifier lower than 2.5 I wake up with the nose blocked.

I didn't have the budget to afford the asussie so I decided to try to fix the problem otherways.

I followed the suggestions Caseyb gave me. I bought what is named Insul-Bright and I covered the mask hose with that and with a fleecy sleeve. The 2meters hose is also covered with a jacket I made with fleecy and polyester inside the fleecy layers. I put the hose over my mattres and don't let it touch the wall (this is a cold exterior wall).

It has worked well enough until now, I have a bit of water at the end of the night but it doesn't wake me up. I had to add that I'm the type of person who expells a lot of humiditi with the respiration (I don't know why).

I wear an Activa, I'm planing to make some kind of cotton insert as the one restedgal shows on her link. There is a member who made a cute jacket for her Nasal Pillows mask, we try all what we can do.

I agree, it's a sum of things you need to do to get rid of the drowning attact.

Good luck and don't give up!
Rosacer

[dtsm]

If those suggestions don't work, alot of us use the heated hose from Australia, affectionately called the Aussie Heated Hose. It works great. If you do a search, you will find lots of comments about it. I love mine.

http://www.sleepzone.com.au/showitems.a ... %20Tube%27

Or stop using humidifier and instead opt for room humidifier....if you keep the temp low in your bedroom, I think rain-out is inevitable....

[Helen1234]

Hey,
MY CPAP tried to drown me last night. I rolled over and it tipped spilling the contents of the humidifier into the mask and I wear a face mask that covers my mouth and nose. That was a true rude awakening. Any one else have that happen?