Mouth breathing discovery?

Gregg · Post by **Gregg** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:11 pm

Last night I noticed that with the full face mask, if I breath through my nose, my throat can still close off. But if I breath through my mouth it doesn't happen. It's as though by breathing through the nose, the physiology of my "apnea" is not affected by the positive pressure. Granted this is somewhat of a premature guess at this point. But I breathed through my mouth last night, and today I actually feel like a human being. And i've been having bad days even though I'm running at fairly high epap pressures.

So I've got a couple of questions. Has anyone else noticed this?

Has anyone tried an oral mask?

dsm · Post by **dsm** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:14 pm

I tend to agree - for me mouth breathing with a f/f mask seems to get me by a lot.

I tried an oral mask but the F&P was a waste (hurts the gums). I tried a hybrid but wife complained about the blast of air & the noise.

I have one more on the way to try soon (the Resmed mask)

The idea seems pretty good.

DSM

Gregg · Post by **Gregg** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:22 pm

Very interesting. I am looking over the variations of oral and hybrid masks. I also won't tolerate an invasive mouthpiece for the same reason.

One has to wonder if pressure is lost out the nostrils. I'm a well behaved sleeper. How I got to sleep is how I stay asleep. I woke up breathing out of my mouth.

It'll be interesting to see your thoughts on the mask you get.

Thanks for the response. I thought I was on to something.

Goofproof · Post by **Goofproof** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:31 am

I could understand why if you were congested or having trouble getting normal are through your nose. I use decongestants starting two hours before bed to keep things open. Jim

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:50 am

a deviated septum?

roster · Post by **roster** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:07 pm

Gregg,

Consider having a good ENT surgeon examine the nasal airway all the way down to the vocal cords with a fiber optic flexible endoscope. Many of us here had this done and found out about deviated septums, enlarged turbinates and inflamed vocal cords. The procedure is easy, quick and requires no preparation and no general anesthesia.

Best of luck,

Rooster