Cpap and use of Mosquito Netting in Africa

There's got to be some sort of hole for you to be able to get in. Run the power cord or hose through this hole. If it's a zipper, close it around the hose. If it's stuffed down into the mattress, there will be a way to route the hose through.

archangle wrote:There's got to be some sort of hole for you to be able to get in. Run the power cord or hose through this hole. If it's a zipper, close it around the hose. If it's stuffed down into the mattress, there will be a way to route the hose through.

That makes sense to me. I am so besotted with my CPAP and the profound effect it has had on my life, that I was starting to worry needlessly. Huge thank you to the
fantastic community who have taught me how to get the best out my lifetime marriage to cpap .

I used to travel to Africa and India. It's been 20 years since I was last there and at the time we took chloroquine for prevention of malaria. A quick look on the internet indicates some strains of malaria have become resistant.

You should ask your doctor or better if your city health department has a foreign department they can help.

I see where the world is finally on the verge of having a malaria vaccine, courtesy of the Gates foundation.
At least they have done some good . . .

chunkyfrog wrote:I see where the world is finally on the verge of having a malaria vaccine, courtesy of the Gates foundation.
At least they have done some good . . .

Cure for Malaria, by Bill Gates: Buy don't pirate a copy of Windows 10, swat the Mosquitoes with the disc, repeat,ect.

I think more important, if it's so hard to put the hose or card inside the tent, how is he going to get inside. The tenting the military in Nam wasn't quite as nice, but neither was the bed, we figured it out. Chloroquine is what the Army used on us in 1966. Jim

Jim, I said VACCINE, to prevent, not a cure.
A cure would be nice, too.

If it's a zipper type entry, you might want to put a towel or something over the opening where the hose goes through the netting in case you can't seal it up well with the hose running through. Squirt some insect repellent on the towel.

I don't know how clever mosquitoes are about finding that one tiny little hole in a net.

Be sure you have power adapters for the electrical outlets. If electricity isn't reliable, you might want to think about a backup battery as well.

Mosquitoes are drawn to the CO2 expelled from your body. I have found since I got Diabetes, they don't seem to like me, as a kid they ate me up. When I was working, I had so much diesel fuel and hydraulic oil on me it kept them at bay, they needed a oil derek, to drill thru my skin.

I guess that qualifies me as a forum member too, thick skin!
Who knew that would become a plus,but now it's required in life. Jim

Goofproof wrote:Mosquitoes are drawn to the CO2 expelled from your body. I have found since I got Diabetes, they don't seem to like me, as a kid they ate me up. When I was working, I had so much diesel fuel and hydraulic oil on me it kept them at bay, they needed a oil derek, to drill thru my skin.

I guess that qualifies me as a forum member too, thick skin!
Who knew that would become a plus,but now it's required in life. Jim

I've seen several articles on this. Apparently, mosquitoes use a lot of things in addition to CO2 and we are slowly learning some of the details. A recent article suggested skin bacteria had something to do with it.

I've had friends who were mosquito magnets and some who never seem to get bit.

Hi, My wife and I were in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, for three weeks May/June. We both use CPAP and we stayed in hotels and lodges. Some of the locations had netting around the beds. In Cape Town and J-burg they did not. We moved the night stands inside the netting which hung from the bed frame-work and hung loosely to the floor. It did not snap or zip up but entry was made through over-lapping side panels. The major item to plan for is the electricity. The South African plug is unique. It has three prongs in a triangle configuration but the prongs are quite thick. I bought one once I got there because none of the standard adapters would work. I have a "travel/foreign power strip" that I used with the South African adapter. The other challenge was locating an outlet that could be used. You may be able to borrow extension cords at the places you will stay. We had no problems and used CPAP every night.

Have a good trip

On the virge wrote:Hi, My wife and I were in South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, for three weeks May/June. We both use CPAP and we stayed in hotels and lodges. Some of the locations had netting around the beds. In Cape Town and J-burg they did not. We moved the night stands inside the netting which hung from the bed frame-work and hung loosely to the floor. It did not snap or zip up but entry was made through over-lapping side panels. The major item to plan for is the electricity. The South African plug is unique. It has three prongs in a triangle configuration but the prongs are quite thick. I bought one once I got there because none of the standard adapters would work. I have a "travel/foreign power strip" that I used with the South African adapter. The other challenge was locating an outlet that could be used. You may be able to borrow extension cords at the places you will stay. We had no problems and used CPAP every night.

Have a good trip

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences. the area I am going to is very rural and electricity is erratic- but they do have solar panels. What type of machine did you take with you- a travel machine or your regular one?

We used our regular machines PRS1 with humidifier. We were lucky because we weren't affected by the power grid problems. Depending on how long you will be there and "precisely" where, you may want to search the several threads regarding camping with batteries; several have solar charging set-ups and some discuss alternatives for humidifiers if that is important to you. Finally, you may be well served by small LED flashlights.

Good luck

I recently came back from a trip where we stayed at multiple remote locations in Kenya and Tanzania, many with mosquito netting over the beds; I just kept my machine (my trusty old ResMed S8 that I use for traveling) inside the net. In a couple of places, I used the battery that I took along, but mostly because the electrical generators were turned off during much of the night. In other places, I used an extension cord and was able to snake it out through the slit in the netting that one uses to get in. Sometimes this meant having the machine close to my head, which was a little too noisy (no humidifier to muffle the noise), but it generally worked fine, and the thin power cord did not let in any mozzies. In one place, my extension cord wasn't quite long enough, so the machine had to sit on the floor. The hose came up inside the netting, and I used a rubber band to wrap part of the netting around the hose. Worked OK, but I couldn't roll over to my other side without pulling on the mask.

Whenever you travel, make room for duck tape, plenty of it!
Travel is rough on your stuff, and a little magic comes in handy.

Today, the European Medicines Agency approved a malaria vaccine for use in children 6 weeks to 17 months old. Effectiveness is reported at about 30%.

This is the first vaccine ever that works against a parasite.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-ne ... ne-n397886