Need Help - Bloating and Pain

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memphis
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Need Help - Bloating and Pain

Post by memphis » Tue Jun 26, 2018 9:45 am

Thank you, in advance, for your help.

First night of CPAP usage and I woke up the next day bloated. Distended stomach and stomach pain has continued and I am now in day 6 of discomfort/pain. I only used the machine one night for 6 hours. I have stopped carbonated drinks, eaten lightly for 5 days,etc. Maybe I am in slightly less pain now than 5 days ago, but I am not sure.

Any suggestions or insights are appreciated.

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Pugsy
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Re: Need Help - Bloating and Pain

Post by Pugsy » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:11 pm

Call up your doctor and let him know what is going on.
While this is a common side effect (aerophagia) to cpap therapy...not common for it to persist for this length of time after only using cpap for 6 hours 5 nights ago and no cpap since then. Should have dissipated by the end of the first day.
Make sure nothing else is going on and at the same time alert the doctor about the potential need for probably at least a change in pressures and maybe even a different machine.

See your doctor.

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