CPAP causing palpitations?

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ecto167
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CPAP causing palpitations?

Post by ecto167 » Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:42 am

I got my cpap a few months ago and everything was going well. Now, whenever I put on my mask, I can feel my heartbeat in the right side of my neck. I am worried that I am damaging my carotid artery. Does anybody know about this?
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Re: CPAP causing palpitations?

Post by jimbud » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:13 am

ecto167 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:42 am
 carotid artery. Does anybody know about this?
Yeah. You have two of them. Mostly they supply blood to your brain.
No doctors here.
Find one. Ask him/her.

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Re: CPAP causing palpitations?

Post by chunkyfrog » Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:03 am

jimbud wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:13 am
ecto167 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:42 am
 carotid artery. Does anybody know about this?
Yeah. You have two of them. Mostly they supply blood to your brain.
No doctors here.
Find one. Ask him/her.

JPB
Seconded.
Talk to a doctor.

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Re: CPAP causing palpitations?

Post by ChicagoGranny » Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:20 pm

ecto167 wrote: ↑
Sat Feb 06, 2021 4:42 am
 I got my cpap a few months ago and everything was going well. Now, whenever I put on my mask, I can feel my heartbeat in the right side of my neck. I am worried that I am damaging my carotid artery. Does anybody know about this?
CPAP is not known to damage carotid arteries.

Palpitations in a carotid artery can be a symptom of arterial plaque buildup in the artery. See your doctor.
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