Sinus Congestion

Remsleeplover · Post by **Remsleeplover** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:31 pm

This is a poll to discuss who many CPAP users suffer chronic sinus congestion?

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:54 pm

Remsleeplover wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:31 pm
This is a poll to discuss who many CPAP users suffer chronic sinus congestion?

Instead of a poll, why not get an examination and consultation with an ENT/allergist??

Are you thinking CPAP causes chronic nasal congestion? It might if you have the humidifier turned too high for your particular case.

Remsleeplover · Post by **Remsleeplover** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:14 pm

Did that, just wondering how many on a percentage basis are suffering from this. No stone left unturned.

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:17 pm

Remsleeplover wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:14 pm
Did that, just wondering how many on a percentage basis are suffering from this…

Polls on this forum are notoriously inaccurate because the sample selection and size is poor.

Remsleeplover · Post by **Remsleeplover** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:19 pm

Thanks, I’m new… I’ll accept whatever I get here

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:39 pm

While too much humidity can cause nasal congestion so can not enough added moisture.
I get horrible sinus/nasal congestion if I don't use enough water in the humidifier.
So just as too much moisture can be a problem.....so can not enough moisture. It's very individualized as to what a person's nasal mucosa need to be happy.

ozij · Post by **ozij** » Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:44 pm

Not only is the sample not good, in this case the question is problematic too.
Do you mean "since starting CPAP?"
Do you mean "Regardless of CPAP"?

Will the final numbers give you any helpful info?

Now let's suppose you suffer from nasal congestion, you turn the stone, and discover that the vast majority of CPAP user don't suffer from nasal congestion, and a few suffer from it occasionally - how can that help you?

Pugsy and I have been using CPAP for many years. Pugsy needs high humidity, I need lower humidity and lower temps. Both of our solutions are valid. One of us may be one in a thousand, so what? You need to try what works for you regardless of what works, or does not work for others. Adjusting your therapy to your very own case has nothing to do with statistics.

Sure, if one solution to the problem cost thousands of dollars and the other one cost close to nothing, you're better off trying the cheap on efirst, it might just work for you. But otherwise?

The forum is where every question relating to problems using CPAP is valid. Where practically none of us go by the public health fallacy of "what's good for the majority is good for the single case". Be very concrete and exact in describing whatever it is that bothers you, and you may find the other single person who has solved this problem, regardless of common or uncommon it is.

Welcome to the forum, and good luck in your therapy!

Remsleeplover · Post by **Remsleeplover** » Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:03 pm

ozij wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 8:44 pm
Not only is the sample not good, in this case the question is problematic too.
Do you mean "since starting CPAP?"
Do you mean "Regardless of CPAP"?

Will the final numbers give you any helpful info?

Now let's suppose you suffer from nasal congestion, you turn the stone, and discover that the vast majority of CPAP user don't suffer from nasal congestion, and a few suffer from it occasionally - how can that help you?

Pugsy and I have been using CPAP for many years. Pugsy needs high humidity, I need lower humidity and lower temps. Both of our solutions are valid. One of us may be one in a thousand, so what? You need to try what works for you regardless of what works, or does not work for others. Adjusting your therapy to your very own case has nothing to do with statistics.

Sure, if one solution to the problem cost thousands of dollars and the other one cost close to nothing, you're better off trying the cheap on efirst, it might just work for you. But otherwise?

The forum is where every question relating to problems using CPAP is valid. Where practically none of us go by the public health fallacy of "what's good for the majority is good for the single case". Be very concrete and exact in describing whatever it is that bothers you, and you may find the other single person who has solved this problem, regardless of common or uncommon it is.

Welcome to the forum, and good luck in your therapy!

Thank you, the responses here and an old thread I found on how a few have had success by adding netti pot salt directly into a CPAP humidifier chamber have been useful things to consider… Anyway, it looks like the poll is a tie but it would be interesting to see it as a sticky for a month to see if we can get more votes and generate more discussion. I’ve tried running the humidifier too dry, and too wet… I’ve tried skipping treatment nights…. But I keep coming back to the fact that I didn’t have sinusitis until I started CPAP therapy a year ago… now I can’t shake it. Saw a couple of ENT’S had a bunch of allergy tests come up negative… so am looking at CPAP as the cause and started this poll… I clean the mask nightly, the hose/ humidifier weekly… even placed a Hepa filter next to the CPAP air intake. I’ve set up the heated hose to prevent rain out too. I went all in with a full face mask and spent a couple of days wearing my mask while awake to speed up becoming comfortable using it… I now fall asleep within minutes of putting in on at bedtime, no ramp needed.

ChicagoGranny · Post by **ChicagoGranny** » Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:17 pm

Remsleeplover wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:03 pm
I’ve tried running the humidifier too dry, and too wet

Goldilocks wants to know if you've tried "just right".

Remsleeplover wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:03 pm
Anyway, it looks like the poll is a tie but it would be interesting to see it as a sticky for a month to see if we can get more votes and generate more discussion.

Add an option for "Useless Poll".

What is your ENT saying?

Remsleeplover · Post by **Remsleeplover** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 1:46 am

lol,

Useless poll

Will try for just right, lol….

Aretino · Post by **Aretino** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:18 am

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Dog Slobber · Post by **Dog Slobber** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:36 am

Remsleeplover wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:03 pm
Anyway, it looks like the poll is a tie

The fact that poll problems and sample size has been mentioned to you numerous times, yet you still believe the that it is a tie is worth mentioning, demonstrates you don't understand data, nor are you interested in what others have to say.

McSleepy · Post by **McSleepy** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 2:56 pm

Pugsy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:39 pm
While too much humidity can cause nasal congestion so can not enough added moisture.
I get horrible sinus/nasal congestion if I don't use enough water in the humidifier.
So just as too much moisture can be a problem.....so can not enough moisture. It's very individualized as to what a person's nasal mucosa need to be happy.

I was just about to write exactly that! It's an insane balancing act, especially when you live in an extremely low absolute humidity climate as I do (Colorado Rocky Mountains foothills).

McSleepy

Pugsy · Post by **Pugsy** » Thu Aug 14, 2025 3:12 pm

McSleepy wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 14, 2025 2:56 pm

Pugsy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:39 pm
While too much humidity can cause nasal congestion so can not enough added moisture.
I get horrible sinus/nasal congestion if I don't use enough water in the humidifier.
So just as too much moisture can be a problem.....so can not enough moisture. It's very individualized as to what a person's nasal mucosa need to be happy.
I was just about to write exactly that! It's an insane balancing act, especially when you live in an extremely low absolute humidity climate as I do (Colorado Rocky Mountains foothills).

McSleepy

Yep. But it seems like those members who either don't use humidity or use it at a low setting seem to forget that what works for them may not work for the rest of the world so they don't mention it. Incomplete information.....not necessarily incorrect but not complete when we talk about humidity needs or not.

I lived in Las Vegas for 5 years...horribly dry and this was before I ever heard of cpap...and Simply Saline was my best friend and had to use it all day. My nasal mucosa would sometimes bleed from the dryness.

My own personal preference...setting of 8 (max) for humidity but then I battle rain out. Long story there which I won't go into. I had to compromise a little on that setting.

If for some reason I couldn't use the humidifier then I simply wouldn't use the cpap. How I feel with not enough moisture being added is much, much worse than I would feel from one night of no cpap. The symptoms of dried out nasal mucosa from not enough humidity were as bad as a sinus infection and I was miserable for 3 days.

McSleepy · Post by **McSleepy** » Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:37 pm

Pugsy wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 14, 2025 3:12 pm

McSleepy wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 14, 2025 2:56 pm

Pugsy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:39 pm
While too much humidity can cause nasal congestion so can not enough added moisture.
I get horrible sinus/nasal congestion if I don't use enough water in the humidifier.
So just as too much moisture can be a problem.....so can not enough moisture. It's very individualized as to what a person's nasal mucosa need to be happy.
I was just about to write exactly that! It's an insane balancing act, especially when you live in an extremely low absolute humidity climate as I do (Colorado Rocky Mountains foothills).

McSleepy

Yep. But it seems like those members who either don't use humidity or use it at a low setting seem to forget that what works for them may not work for the rest of the world so they don't mention it. Incomplete information.....not necessarily incorrect but not complete when we talk about humidity needs or not.

I lived in Las Vegas for 5 years...horribly dry and this was before I ever heard of cpap...and Simply Saline was my best friend and had to use it all day. My nasal mucosa would sometimes bleed from the dryness.

My own personal preference...setting of 8 (max) for humidity but then I battle rain out. Long story there which I won't go into. I had to compromise a little on that setting.

If for some reason I couldn't use the humidifier then I simply wouldn't use the cpap. How I feel with not enough moisture being added is much, much worse than I would feel from one night of no cpap. The symptoms of dried out nasal mucosa from not enough humidity were as bad as a sinus infection and I was miserable for 3 days.

This should be a sticky - the importance of humidification with the goal of keeping the nasal lining in good shape. Mostly because it is counterintuitive - "how could more humidification make my already runny nose better?", "if I'm getting rainout in the hose, I must reduce the humidity level, right?", and so on. Those of us using newer ResMed machines that have the independent adjustment of hose heat and humidity (I've found out that the "auto" mode doesn't work very well) are rather privileged, but those who don't have those options may never be able to get it just right. Someone should write a good overview of humidification and make it a sticky (wink-wink, not it!)

McSleepy

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