Ear Pain

NeurosurgeryNP · Post by **NeurosurgeryNP** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:14 pm

Hello. four nights on CPAP. Doing VERY WELL. Feel great today. However, I am getting ear pain once the mask goes on. ANyone else experience this and if so, how did you resolve it or make it easier. I can't "equalize" with the mask on! Jen

wading thru the muck! · Post by **wading thru the muck!** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:37 pm

Jen,

Can you determine if this is being caused by the pressure or sinus pressure caused by the drying affect of the cpap. Are you at a high prescribed pressure?
You might try using the ear plugs designed to help with the pressure differential when flying. You might also try putting on the mask a little while before you go to sleep and try to equalize the pressure by swallowing. Hope you can find a solution that works for you.

firemarshal · Post by **firemarshal** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:59 pm

I do not have pain but I feel like when you change elevation and need to have your ears "pop". And this did not start until about a week or so after starting on apap.