cpap alfuntion

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cpap alfuntion

Post by robertrogers » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:12 pm

if a cpap achine is supposed to helpyou breathewhy is ine tryin to suffocate me

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Re: cpap alfuntion

Post by archangle » Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:45 pm

Welcome. Sign up for an ID on the board, and fill in your equipment on your profile like it shows you how to in the link at the bottom of this post. Someone here can probably give you some help.

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Re: cpap alfuntion

Post by Julie » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:21 am

Hi - are you using the ramp feature? What is your prescribed pressure set at? If those either start out or stop at pressures too low to breathe at comfortably then you'll have trouble... so let us know and maybe we can help.

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Re: cpap alfuntion

Post by Cuda » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:19 am

I agree with Julie, pressures under 7cm make me feel like I cant get air. Now that I am use to pressures 12-14cm I feel like I cant breath at 10cm. At the start the machine would start the "ramp" at 7cm and I felt like I was suffocating.

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