dry throat

steve7e · Post by **steve7e** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:35 am

HI, I've been using Cpap(S7) for a year with heated humid. set at 3. Pressure at 7. Use a Swift. My sleep doc just put me on an auto(Spirit) to get retitrated(been on it for 5 days). When I wake up my mouth is bone-dry,any ideas? Should I increase the setting on humidifier?
Thanks, Steve

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:38 am

This used to happen to me and someone suggested I was mouth-breathing. I didn't think I was, but I tried taping my mouth shut and sure enough the dry throat problem completely disappeared.

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:01 am

Anonymous wrote:This used to happen to me and someone suggested I was mouth-breathing. I didn't think I was, but I tried taping my mouth shut and sure enough the dry throat problem completely disappeared.

Mouth breathing would be my guess, too.

Invest in tape or get a full face mask if you can't train yourself to keep your mouth shut.
Some people also use "boil and bite" (cheap) mouth guards......YUM!

Best wishes,

Den

steve7e · Post by **steve7e** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:39 am

Its possible I'm mouth breathing but I didn't get dry throut for the past year on the Cpap machine. Maybe on the Apap because the pressures are sometimes higher this is causing my proplem?