Leak Rate & Mouth Breathing

Weezer · Post by **Weezer** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:53 pm

This has probably been covered elsewhere, but...

If my leak rate is low, does that mean I'm not mouth breathing?

I'm thinking about mouth-taping to keep my AHI down, but not sure it's necessary.

Flying_Norseman · Post by **Flying_Norseman** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:10 pm

I found out I was mouth breathing by looking at my leak rate and AHI numbers. Taping took care of it, but I am not a fan of it.

lilsheba · Post by **lilsheba** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:26 pm

I'm mouth taping and I don't care for it either but I'm getting used to it. As long as I don't rip skin off in the morning I'm good!

rested gal · Post by **rested gal** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:15 pm

Weezer wrote:If my leak rate is low, does that mean I'm not mouth breathing?

I'd say, yes, low leak rate means you're not mouthbreathing....nor is your mask leaking. If you're getting a nice low leak rate, you're way ahead of the game on both counts!

Weezer · Post by **Weezer** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:11 am

Thanks, people. Well, that's one thing I'm doing right...

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:22 am

rested gal wrote:
Weezer wrote:If my leak rate is low, does that mean I'm not mouth breathing?
I'd say, yes, low leak rate means you're not mouthbreathing....nor is your mask leaking. If you're getting a nice low leak rate, you're way ahead of the game on both counts!

That is assuming he has his mask leak rate set to match, on his Resmed machine correctly. I imagine many are not set correctly.... Jim

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