Do Allergies Cause Sleep Apnea?

I confirm the shameless plug with my own unsolicited (and uncompensated) endorsement.
Depending on what machine you get, the hypoallergenic filters are a fraction of what even Medicare allows for them.
Cpap, with heated, moist, filtered air helps my seasonal allergies--all year long!

CPAP is my secret weapon for battling allergies/pollen. I have 3 sets of filters on my cpap the last being the inline bacterial filter.
When I start to feel lousy because the pollen count is through the roof here, I go laydown for an hour breathing the humidified filtered air. It makes me feel so much better.

I wish you well...

Reading this thread, I just realized something... since starting CPAP therapy in Feb. 2014, I have not had a single sinus infection or headache... used to get them often.

The DME who supplies you with the machine will also have the filters for you. Tell them you have allergy issues and need the "fine" filters in addition to the foam filter.

Ask them to show you how to remove and install the filters. That way, you'll be sure you have everything you need and that it is installed correctly.

You get nice, clean filtered and humidified air out of the machine. Many people find it very helpful when they are congested from a cold or similar.

Julie wrote:All machines come with the little blk filters, but you can also get the white ones that fit in behind them from Cpap.com... I seem to remember talking to you about them...

Yes Julie, when you told me about the filters it was the first time I heard about them. Since then, I've noticed others post about them. That makes me realize that maybe the mask and machine can also help my allergies since I'd be getting fresh oxygen, right?

Bill44133 wrote:CPAP is my secret weapon for battling allergies/pollen. I have 3 sets of filters on my cpap the last being the inline bacterial filter.
When I start to feel lousy because the pollen count is through the roof here, I go laydown for an hour breathing the humidified filtered air. It makes me feel so much better.

I wish you well...

Wow. Just wow. I really think there's a chance that this could benefit me in a multitude of ways. If the sleep apnea mask helps me sleep better (wake up refreshed, no headaches) AND helps my allergies, then I think I might be feeling pretty pretty pretty GOOD.

But others separated apnea and allergies, so that's where I get confused.