Breathe Right helps lower AHI?

footballgirl13 · Post by **footballgirl13** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 8:34 am

I know someone else already posted on this topic since I googled it, but when I 'click on' the link that I want, I can't get to the discussion.

Has this happened to anyone else where they have an certain AHI and if they use Breathe Right Nasal strips with their nasal mask on over it their AHI does down by 1 number? I had an AHI on Friday night of 6.0. Sat night. Sunday morning (today) I woke up and looked at my machine and say "Day 1 AHI 5.1". This is amazing to me since I think an AHI of 5 is considered "medically normal". It lowered by a entire point. Is this common? (Come March 16th I see my GP so I can see my sinus x-ray results. Perhaps I have a deviated septum. I don't know if a deviated septum would/could cause AHI to be higher than normal).

The only reason is me thinking that an apnea was due to an obstruction in the airway in the throat - not an obstruction in the nose. Or due to having centrals.

LSAT · Post by **LSAT** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:13 am

I wouldn't get excited about 1 night. AHI will not normally be the same from night to night. 5 is not considered great when you are on CPAP therapy.

grayghost4 · Post by **grayghost4** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:19 am

Quote " I don't use software yet,"

YET is the key word here .... "START" is the answer

Then you will be able to track your tharapy yourself

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:23 am

I think you need to consider how mouth breathing/leaking might be affecting your numbers and you need to use software to do that properly. Another reason to stop being afraid of it and take it one step at a time til you're comfortable with each one, then the next. Get it done and you'll have answers to your questions.

footballgirl13 · Post by **footballgirl13** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:38 am

grayghost4 wrote:Quote " I don't use software yet,"

YET is the key word here .... "START" is the answer

Then you will be able to track your tharapy yourself

I can't use software until I find the data card.

footballgirl13 · Post by **footballgirl13** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:57 am

Found it. It was where I left it last week on my dresser. So now that I have this data card in my machine, how long should I leave the card in to get enough data to use Encore or SleepyHead? Would 7 nights of sleep be good or should I wait an entire 30 days before using it?

TangledHose · Post by **TangledHose** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:58 am

Breathe right strips are a total joke and a waste of money!!

49er · Post by **49er** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:02 am

TangledHose wrote:Breathe right strips are a total joke and a waste of money!!

Why do you say that TangledHose? They were only mild to moderately helpful in my situation but many people have greatly benefited.

Sorry you didn't have a good experience and hope you found another way to solve your problems.

49er

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:22 am

Use it for one night and see if it works, then another night and another (one's not enough to make a decision on).

Logies101 · Post by **Logies101** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:41 am

I have had GREAT results from breathe rite strips, I'm never without them. If I lay on my left side my right nostril completely collapes and cpap or no cpap I can't breathe out of that side unless I have a breathe rite strip on. They have been a God send for me.
Here's my routine every night:
spray simply saline in nostrils
apply breathe rite strip
apply chin ups to keep my mouth closed
put Airfit F10 mask on and go to sleep.

I don't know about breathe rite strips lowering AHI as my numbers vary but I do know that without them I'm only breathing out of one nostril and that can't be good.
I guess breathe rite strips don't work for everyone but I love them.

chunkyfrog · Post by **chunkyfrog** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:49 am

Hubby uses Breathe Right strips almost every night.
He only skips if the previous one took off too much skin.
Between that and staying off his back, I never hear snoring or gasping.

Mikes · Post by **Mikes** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:38 pm

I use them also, now for about a year. The only thing I don't like is the red nose. They do seem to work though. I would like to try to take a break from using them. I was told humidity has a lot to do with an open nose at night.

Krelvin · Post by **Krelvin** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:28 pm

TangledHose wrote:Breathe right strips are a total joke and a waste of money!!

???? Use them occasionally and they work great for what they are designed for.

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:04 pm

TangledHose wrote:Breathe right strips are a total joke and a waste of money!!

The Breathe Right external nasal dilator is a simple, nonpharmaceutical method to decrease nasal airway resistance and thus potentially reduce or eliminate snoring. After using the strips there were statistically significant decreases in snoring (p < 0.001) as graded by the bed partner, and in mouth dryness (p = 0.025) and in the Epworth Sleepiness Scale scores (p = 0.001), as graded by the patient. The results of this study indicate that Breathe Right nasal strips may be used to reduce snoring, mouth dryness and sleepiness in patients presenting with symptoms of snoring.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9299650

But you still may be correct.

Morbius · Post by **Morbius** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:21 pm

Do a Cottle Maneuver: Place both index fingers on your face just beside your nostrils. While pressing firmly against your face and simultaneously pulling the skin next to the nostril apart towards the outer corners of your eyes, breathe in quickly. Then let go and breathe in again. If there is a major improvement in your quality of breathing while performing this maneuver, then you have flimsy nasal valves and could benefit from Breathe-Rite Strips (even if you use a nasal or FFM).

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