Why is humidity necessary?

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h2o

Re: Why is humidity necessary?

Post by h2o » Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:42 am

Berkebol wrote:Greetings,
I am new to this blog. Have had the machine couple of years use it off and on as I am frustrated with it.
Now I go to sleep without it and when I wake up at around 4am I put it on till I get up at 7.00am.
I use the humidifier and what happens water travels through the tube and gets in my nose, wakes me up!
I have tried to use it the whole nite, mostly when I wake up around 4 am I take it off. In the morning I notice I have a nose bleed.
Very frustrated witht the whole thing.
Any advice is welcome
thank you
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Re: Why is humidity necessary?

Post by archangle » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:43 am

BlackSpinner wrote:
archangle wrote:You know, normal (non-apneac) people tend to be just fine without humidified air while sleeping.
No not in the winter up north. We always had a humidifier in the bedroom during the winter or we would wake up with gunked up or bloody noses or sinus infection.
Yes, but even if the room humidity is high enough if you're don't need or aren't using CPAP, it seems CPAP somehow makes it worse for many people. Or the room humidifier makes it humid enough for the normal person, but not for the CPAPer.

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