Can’t exhale

Marni01 · Post by **Marni01** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:34 pm

I’ve been using Phillip CPAP 3 years and all of a sudden find it hard to exhale
Nothing has changed on machine
Maybe lungs are worse?

Miss Emerita · Post by **Miss Emerita** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:05 pm

Marni, could you let us know the make and model of your machine and your mask? It might not matter, but then again it might.

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:09 pm

Marni01 wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:34 pm
I’ve been using Phillip CPAP 3 years and all of a sudden find it hard to exhale
Nothing has changed on machine
Maybe lungs are worse?

welcome to the zoo!

as miss e says, please let us know the details. not all machines are the same.

good luck!

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:10 pm

Have you seen a doctor? Been tested for anything lately? Has anything at all changed in your life - new meds, climate, etc. etc?

Marni01 · Post by **Marni01** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:41 am

Phillips sleep
Under nose mask
Nothing has changed in my life or machine

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 10:37 am

WHAT machine, at what pressure settings?

We want to help, but need something to go on...

like telling your mechanic "my car makes a noise" without any more info... we don't have crystal balls

zonker · Post by **zonker** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:50 am

Marni01 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:41 am
Phillips sleep
Under nose mask
Nothing has changed in my life or machine

"phillips sleep" isn't a cpap machine, as far as my google search shows. what words are on the machine itself? also, see the bottom of the machine and tell us what it says on the label there.

good luck!

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:59 am

I am of the opinion that when something changes markedly with our respiratory system and we can't easily isolate a known possible culprit to blame the change on that maybe seeing a doctor might be in order.
Especially true of someone who has been on cpap for any length of time and didn't have any issues.
Something changed...but as to what we might not know and I treat my lungs like I do my eyes....God gave me 2 of them and I don't screw around when I get symptoms that can't be easily explained away and this situation is one of those situations IMHO.

Most of us would know if something changed and when I see this below...then my advice is....see a doctor.

Marni01 wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:41 am
Nothing has changed in my life or machine

smvand_84 · Post by **smvand_84** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 7:50 pm

May be this is due to enlarged inferior turbinate. This can cause issues with exhalation.

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