ear pressure

SleepNapnia · Post by **SleepNapnia** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:31 am

sometimes when i am using my cpap i can feel air leaking out of my ears. i asked my doctor about this but he said he never heard of it. has anyone else experienced this?

Fubar2u · Post by **Fubar2u** » Fri May 12, 2006 9:55 am

Unless you have a perferation in your eardrum that should not be possible.
Any chance its a leak by the bridge of your nos or the co2 exhale ports that is streaming close to your ear.

krousseau · Post by **krousseau** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:13 pm

Hmmm..... any relationship to your other post today-maybe you better slow down.

Occasionally if I swallow at the same time I'm inhaling while the Cpap at full pressure I get a sensation of my ears getting plugged for a few seconds. But it never feels like it is actually blowing out my ears. You would have to have perforations in both eardrums and nonfunctioning "valves" in the nasopharynx end of the eustacian.