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Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:27 pm
by lazarus
zonker wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:53 pm
. . . calls lazarus' wife.
That made a Steve Earl line pop into my head:
"Your wife just made your bail so now you're really dead for sure."--
https://youtu.be/tX3j_R6FFX4?si=3dswnX4igRK4BwMp
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:44 pm
by zonker
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:58 pm
by Deborah K.
I never empty or clean out my water tank. I just add more every day.
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:22 am
by ozij
Distilled water comes from different sources, and different ways of distillation.
It's not like the type of gasoline for your car. And I suppose you all have heard of adulterated gasoline too.
It's supposed to be free of
minerals, not necessarily of contaminants. And it's not guaranteed to be sterile either.
lazarus wrote: ↑Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:09 pm
The instructions are for best practice in a worst-case scenario.
If I were putting water in
someone else's machine and that person was weakened and immune compromised, I would follow all manufacturers' instructions to the letter and record that I did.
But for me and my own machine?
We each have to figure out what works best in our case.
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:55 pm
by LSAT
Page 15 of the Airsense 11 User Manual says you can use "Drinking Quality Water".
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:08 pm
by lazarus
On another, perhaps distantly related note, I
am careful to use distilled water
for nasal irrigation, as NeilMed and a number of medical sites recommend:
"Tap water is safe for drinking and bathing or showering. However, it can contain bacteria, including amoebas, that can cause serious or life-threatening infections in nasal passages. If you drink tap water, the acid in your stomach kills these bacteria. Since there’s no acid in your sinuses, however, these organisms are able to grow and thrive there. They also may travel into your brain. For these reasons, be sure to use distilled water, or if using tap water, boil it for 3-5 minutes and allow it to cool to room temperature."--
https://phelpshealth.org/news/featured- ... 20passages.
Which may make me a bit of a hair-splitting hypocrite for not being so careful with my room humidifiers and APAP machines.
Fortunately I am quite comfortable and entertained by my own unexplainable nonsensical contradictions.
I simply consider directly applied water (as in nasal irrigation) to be a very different thing from breathing evaporated water (as in room humidifiers and PAP machines), even if that water condenses into rainout in my hose or mask.
Re: Water Resevoir Question
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:24 pm
by SleepGeek
lazarus wrote: ↑Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:08 pm
I am careful to use distilled water for nasal irrigation, as NeilMed and a number of medical sites recommend:
"Tap water is safe for drinking and bathing or showering. However, it can contain bacteria, including amoebas, that can cause serious or life-threatening infections in nasal passages. If you drink tap water, the acid in your stomach kills these bacteria. Since there’s no acid in your sinuses, however, these organisms are able to grow and thrive there. They also may travel into your brain. For these reasons, be sure to use distilled water, or if using tap water, boil it for 3-5 minutes and allow it to cool to room temperature."--
https://phelpshealth.org/news/featured- ... 20passages.
I have to wonder if the NeilMed in Europe says 'IF YOU CAN DRINK IT USE IT'.
