I've been using my cpap for about 2 weeks now, and I seem to feel bloated in the morning. My pressure is only 13, and I can't reach my doctor right now to ask him. Anyone expreience this when they first started? Will it go away as I get used to the machine?
Thank you,
mommydear
Bloating
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Bloating from cpap is called aerophagia. It is an awfull feeling to feel all gassy the next day. Gas you can't get rid of, lol. It comes from resistance to pressure when you exhale. Your pressure of 13cm may be the reason you feel this way. Aerophagia is not something you get used to. There are steps to take to relieve the situation.
Anytime you feel bloating or pain with sleep, you need to contact your sleep physician and discuss the issue. They may very well want to lower your pressure just a little to see if it takes care of the bloating.
I hope this helps,
T
Anytime you feel bloating or pain with sleep, you need to contact your sleep physician and discuss the issue. They may very well want to lower your pressure just a little to see if it takes care of the bloating.
I hope this helps,
T
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Hello mommydear,
First I want you to know you are not alone. There are a few of you that have this problem and I have seen discussions about the previously and discussed this a few times. There is only one of two ways to deal with this problem one that Titrator already covered.
Probably the easiest is contacting your doctor and see if he will let you decrease your pressure by one or two points to see if this lessens the problem or eliminates the problem. Doctors are sometimes unwilling because they do not want to mess with set levels of treatment.
Changing sleeping positions is the other option. The gas lessens or stops all together depending on how you laying in bed. Basically the valve in the throat that closes of the stomach when breathing(so you don't fill up with air all the time) leaks or is overcome by the treatment pressure pushing in and air gets into the stomach. So try sleeping on you side, on your stomach and so forth. Just try different positions to see if any help. You might also try stacking pillows and raised your whole torso up with a wedge of pillows. It is different for all and may take a while to get comfortable with.
Good Luck! Let us know what you end up doing to find relief.
ICP
First I want you to know you are not alone. There are a few of you that have this problem and I have seen discussions about the previously and discussed this a few times. There is only one of two ways to deal with this problem one that Titrator already covered.
Probably the easiest is contacting your doctor and see if he will let you decrease your pressure by one or two points to see if this lessens the problem or eliminates the problem. Doctors are sometimes unwilling because they do not want to mess with set levels of treatment.
Changing sleeping positions is the other option. The gas lessens or stops all together depending on how you laying in bed. Basically the valve in the throat that closes of the stomach when breathing(so you don't fill up with air all the time) leaks or is overcome by the treatment pressure pushing in and air gets into the stomach. So try sleeping on you side, on your stomach and so forth. Just try different positions to see if any help. You might also try stacking pillows and raised your whole torso up with a wedge of pillows. It is different for all and may take a while to get comfortable with.
Good Luck! Let us know what you end up doing to find relief.
ICP