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Burping and farting.
Sorry to be so crude but sometimes after using my CPAP mask I wake up and start burping and farting for hours, as if the machine has filled my stomach with air. OK I'm pretty sure that's what happens but why is that happening? Something's wrong surely?
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Permalink Reply by Rose Marie Holt on
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The dents AND the acne/rosacea. I got such a bad zit under the headgear and then it eroded etc. Now I know what Level 5 lymph nodes are (Back of the neck)
I am a mouth breather and the doc actually suggested I have my very narrow R nasal cavity reamed out. Um...no thanks. But I have stopped swallowing so much gas. For all the problems I have, that was pretty minor.
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this happens to me a couple nights a week; the pressure is so great that I wake up and can't get back to sleep for hours. It's so bad, and so unpredictable, that if I really need to get a good night's sleep, I don't use the machine.
that's an interesting tip about adjusting the exhalation pressure--but I'm pretty sure I'm swallowing air when I INhale--I actually feel a fluttering in my chest, and the pressure rising in my stomach.
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I also am almost certain that I'm swallowing air on the intake.
John Hilton said:this happens to me a couple nights a week; the pressure is so great that I wake up and can't get back to sleep for hours. It's so bad, and so unpredictable, that if I really need to get a good night's sleep, I don't use the machine.
that's an interesting tip about adjusting the exhalation pressure--but I'm pretty sure I'm swallowing air when I INhale--I actually feel a fluttering in my chest, and the pressure rising in my stomach.
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Permalink Reply by TorontoCPAPguy on
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All kidding aside, this is an issue for many of us. In fact, for the past several mornings I have been finding that the flatulence and more so the discomfort of having air build up in my intestines has awakened me, both during the night and early in the morning. I am sleeping well when I do sleep I am sure. But then the air starts to build up and it gets uncomfortable. I do not feel it in my stomache however so am wondering if it is perhaps not at all CPAP related but rather diet or medication related? So my comment "did you burp and fart before CPAP?" was only half tongue-in-cheek. I did not. But then again I did not prior to all of the medication changes either. And I need to sit down and examine what I am eating as well - the diet may have been okay before my hospital stay last summer but with all of the changes since then it may no longer be tolerated; things like onions, asparagus, sheppard's pie or meatloaf, etc. MY next step will be to go to a bland diet of simply chicken breasts and mashed potatoes (great for losing weight) or similar and see what happens. One thing I know for a fact and that is that this cannot continue as it is preventing me from getting a good night of sleep.
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That isnt good, I hope you all's docs can help. I also have reflux up one of my tear ducts which I thought would keep me awake but doesnt. Another internal indicator that the pressure is more or less good.
When I have the gas it doesnt keep me up, but then I got put on sleep aids a long time ago which might account for that.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Z on
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I know air will take the path of least resistance. Is it posssible that too low of a pressure would allow air to go down the esophagus rather than splint open the airway?
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Permalink Reply by Darillyn Patterson on
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I'm not burping, but I've noticed that for over a month I was having what I term "abdominal distress" every day. Sometimes it would happen more than once a day, too. I wouldn't call it a feeling of pain. It's uncomfortable, though. At times I would feel bloated and then I'd pull the front of the waistline on my pants to relieve some of the pressure on my abdomen. When I could pass gas, things felt a bit better. Thinking I might need to increase the number of good bacteria, I've been taking a probiotic supplement and eating probiotic yogurt. It could happen any time of day. I didn't make any connection between this and my use of CPAP. Now I'm wondering if there is a possible connection. Perhaps not, since it didn't happen when I first woke up. I haven't had any problem for the last few days. Hopefully, it's getting resolved.
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The pharynx is held open, and it comes before the tube splits into airway and esophagus. If your doc has one of those posters you can see this on the drawing. The airway is held open by fairly rigid cartilage. CPAP cant open it up more. The esophagus normally is collapsed (closed) but it can lose its muscle tone from many things including heartburn (reflux) age, etc. Maybe CPAP can push it open and of course air swallowing opens it by the act of swallowing.
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You know now that I think of it, does anyone with a lot of gas problems have heartburn (reflux) espec at night? Or any other esophageal Because that might make this worse. I'm just throwing that idea out there
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I occasionally have reflux when I don't use the cpap, but on nights when I "inflate" I almost always do. I think it's the air pressure in my stomach forcing stomach acid up into my esophagus.
Rose Marie Holt said:You know now that I think of it, does anyone with a lot of gas problems have heartburn (reflux) espec at night? Or any other esophageal Because that might make this worse. I'm just throwing that idea out there
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Permalink Reply by 99 on
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almost everybody with sleep apnea has GERD that is GastoEsophageal Reflux Disease and it is very serious
my friend had GERD and it burned a hole in her throat and damaged one lung
donot underestimate the problem
Rose Marie Holt said:You know now that I think of it, does anyone with a lot of gas problems have heartburn (reflux) espec at night? Or any other esophageal Because that might make this worse. I'm just throwing that idea out there
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That's rough. if the CPAP holds the sphincter open between your esophagus and stomach acid will get in the esophagus. It is not only painful it can cause other problems from pneumonia to cancer so you might ask your Dr for help - medicine or even surgery.
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