General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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BlackSpinner
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by BlackSpinner » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:14 am
ricochetv1 wrote:
You shouldn't question the Pride Parade, either... They'll send the Pride Police after you.
I am not worried. I have been Pride police and Pride organizer too! However I have handed on the baton to younger people
"You know you are over forty when you wave a cheque instead of a placard"
I have even sailed down the North Saskatchewan River in the Edmonton Klondike days on a raft with a pink triangle sail with a CanCan "girls", bathing "beauty" and rubber duck. ( a very large one called Micheal)
71. The lame can ride on horseback, the one-handed drive cattle. The deaf, fight and be useful. To be blind is better than to be burnt on the pyre. No one gets good from a corpse. The Havamal
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nikkiluna
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by nikkiluna » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:00 pm
Hi there,
I had the same problem when I started using my cpap a few months ago. Everybody I told about my "leaky tear duct" thought I was either crazy or making it up, including my doctor. I tried all kinds of things with no luck. Finally, I asked my doctor to put me on a bipap and set the exhale pressure pretty low. It WORKED! I had my first full night's sleep and felt like I had died and gone to heaven. It did take a while to get used to it, plus sometimes I still get the bubbling while I'm awake. But it's easy to correct when you steady your breathing.
Give it a try and let's see if it works!
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provider
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by provider » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:06 pm
This is entirely possible. I've heard of patients having this problem. The patient that I can recall alleviated the problem by changing masks.
The tear ducts do connect to the nasal passages. I have a friend that can swallow milk and somehow force it up into the nasal passages and out the tear ducts.
So, physiologically it is possible!
I don't expect DME's deal with this on a regular basis, however so I would definitely follow-up with your physician and/or ophthalmologist.
~ Your friendly skulking DME provider hoping to offer some clues to the mysteries for patients.
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lebowski8
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by lebowski8 » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:24 pm
--just to follow up, scuba-style equalizing works for me to solve this occasional side effect. It affects me for a few minutes once every 4 or 5 nights. ---
lebowski8 wrote:Thanks!
Well, good to know i'm not the only one out there. Maybe Scuba-style equalizing is what i need to do.
Hoser since April 2009.
Feb 2009: AHI 45.8 | BP 142/97 | SpO2: 78.9%
2016: AHI 0.9 | BP 122/81 | SpO2: 96.5%
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