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help again BIPAP?
ok, here is what I need to know or an educated opinion. I have a bipap resmeds auto vpap 25, the settings are 12-19 with a 3 pressure diff.
I have a fisher paykal under chin full face mask not sure model from hospital, but I have a leak rate of 0.5 so I feel that is nada! BUT, the mask is pretty tight to do so, it took a few nights of tweeking, but now when I sleep I feel or hear NO LEAKS
The problems, EVERY morning I awake I have 2 swollen eyes you can see the water ontop and underneath the eye! I went to the eye doctor to have eyes checked and the pressure in the eyes are 31! BAD, NOW can that be sleep machine related from pressures, even the eye doctor did NOT know, and my sleep lung doctor SAID IT IS NOT THE MASK MAKING YOU EYES SWOLLEN! When I read over and over the people that have swollen eyes, WHAT IS THE ANSWERS, why are my eyes swollen and can a sleep machine elevate eye pressures?
I have a fisher paykal under chin full face mask not sure model from hospital, but I have a leak rate of 0.5 so I feel that is nada! BUT, the mask is pretty tight to do so, it took a few nights of tweeking, but now when I sleep I feel or hear NO LEAKS
The problems, EVERY morning I awake I have 2 swollen eyes you can see the water ontop and underneath the eye! I went to the eye doctor to have eyes checked and the pressure in the eyes are 31! BAD, NOW can that be sleep machine related from pressures, even the eye doctor did NOT know, and my sleep lung doctor SAID IT IS NOT THE MASK MAKING YOU EYES SWOLLEN! When I read over and over the people that have swollen eyes, WHAT IS THE ANSWERS, why are my eyes swollen and can a sleep machine elevate eye pressures?
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Permalink Reply by Judy on
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There is a correlation between OSA and glaucoma (high eye pressure). And also w/COPD. I don' t know about xPAP and high eye pressure. I "would" consider doing my darnedest to acclimate myself to using a "hybrid" style mask, i.e. nasal pillows AND mouth piece such as the Liberty (and there are others).
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Permalink Reply by Rock Conner RRT on
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1) I have not seen any studies on xPAP changing eye pressure, but it makes sense that it could.
2) Unlike your sleep lung doc, I am unwilling to dismiss your mask as the cause of the eye swelling. I have not concluded that the mask is the cause, I'm just not ready to write it off.
3) I agree w/ Judy; try a Liberty, or anything else like a Swift LT, Breeze, etc. to get superficial pressure off your eye area.
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