dry mouth

Barnaby · Post by **Barnaby** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:00 pm

I was away for a week and still took my cpap on the ship. ˆit has been 5 months that I have been through this. I am ready to resign myself to a life of continuing dry mouth and throat when i awake.
I have tried the activa full mask/swift nasal pillows/tape over the mouth/two kinds of chin straps and not ONE morning do i feel normal mouth and throat. its like sand paper.. Sleepless and Rested have made interesting suggestions which I have tried. What is left ?
I am always sneezing and blowing my nose as if i have a cold. Any ideas- PLEASE!!!! I am using the s7with the heated humidifier at all numbers.

WAFlowers · Post by **WAFlowers** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:22 pm

You've tried all the right things (heated humidifier, eliminating or controlling mouth breathing with a f/f mask, tape, etc.) but here's a radical thought.

Maybe your xPAP pressure is too low and you are snoring, even gently and almost below where anyone can hear it, and causing your tissues to be irriated, inflamed and swollen.

The feeling you describe is similar (but more severe) to how my throat felt depsite the use of a heated humidifier and without any mouth breathing when I first started. Then I noticed a number of "accoustic vibration" events (snores) reported by my 420e, so I bumped the lower pressure (this is a something you can do with an APAP, with a CPAP there is only one pressure) and both the snores and raspy throat feeling went away.

rock and roll · Post by **rock and roll** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:31 pm

Oh ship means cruise, my favorite pasttime.

Keep a bottle of water at your side and keep yourself hydrated. Dry throat will not hurt you and over time you will adjust and not breath through your mouth so much. You still get many benefits from the cpap.

chrisp · Post by **chrisp** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:10 pm

The Resmed humidifier is notoriously whimpy . Try another humidifier .

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