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necessary to wear full-face mask to alleviate dry mouth?
I've been having decent results with my Comfort Lite 2 mask (still not able to sleep through the whole night, but getting there). I was not labeled a mouth breather by the lab that conducted my sleep (where I slept for six hours with the Comfort Lite 2). However, my DME said that if I consistently wake up with a dry mouth, even getting a full night's rest with a non-full-face mask might not be enough. I've done a lot of research that seems to suggest there are many reasons one might wake up with a dry mouth (such as the very dry state of my apartment) that would not necessitate a full-face mask. I imagine reading the results from my Auto-PAP card would be the ultimate litmus test, right? Anyone have any thoughts on this matter?
Thanks,
Ross
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Permalink Reply by Gordon Osmond on
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Do you have a humidity system on your CPap?
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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Ross, a humidity monitor, or hygrometer would tell you the water level in your room. Some people find a room humidifier helps. Some folks use paper tape (medical), or the blue painter's tape or polident strips to keep their mouth closed at night.Alternative is a chin strap, anything to be sure your mouth does stay closed. You could see if something like that helps. I wear a total face mask and before that a FFM (quattro) and rarely wake up with a dry mouth. I keep the humidty fairly high on the machine as I tend to get nasal congestion and that helps. I rarely wake up with a dry mouth.
As to the Autopap card- It will give you AI and AHI and such data, but won't tell if you are a mouth breather.
Good luck, you'll surely get some good advice.
Mary Z.
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Permalink Reply by Mike on
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check your data card leak results. if you see high leak rate, you probably have a mouth breathing problem.
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Permalink Reply by Ross Plotkin on
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much appreciation to all who replied to this.
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I do have a humidifier, yes.
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