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do you use the cpap machine?? and does it cause you to have excessive gas trapped in ur tummy?? i wake up and my tummy hurts for 3 hrs or so..then i have gas at the bottom..about all morning but goes away..

I use a CPAP machine, with a nasal mask setting is 15. I do believe it makes me sleep better. However it causes serious gas especially in the morning. I know others have reported this problem but have yet to see a good answer.

In most cases this resolves nasal congestion and irritation if it is caused by CPAP. CPAP machines can cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Sleeping with head aligned with the body helps. If you want a raised head then the head end of the bed should be raised. Pillows should be kept to the minimum. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help you too.

Hi Welcome to the MedHelp forum! CPAP machines can cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help you too. However nothing should be tried without consulting the specialist. Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

Hi Welcome to the MedHelp forum! CPAP machine can cause watery eyes, allergic reaction, sneezing, air in the stomach-gas and bloating. You can try a cold water humidifier to start with. If you want a raised head then the head end of the bed should be raised. Pillows should be kept to the minimum. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help you too. So ask your specialist about it.

Hi Welcome to the MedHelp forum! CPAP machines can cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Sleeping with head aligned with the body helps. If you want a raised head then the head end of the bed should be raised. Pillows should be kept to the minimum. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help you too. So ask your specialist about it. Hope this helps.

My CPAP ran out of water in the heated humidifier and began emitting an awful smell that gave me a severe headache and shortness of breath. I also have had gas and bloating for four days. could the fumes have been harmful? It is plastic with what appears to be an alumunum bottom in the resorvoir.

If you already have a humidifier and still experiences these symptoms you may need a heated humidifier. CPAP machines can cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating along with nausea. Sleeping with head aligned with the body helps. If you want a raised head then the head end of the bed should be raised. Pillows should be kept to the minimum. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist.

I got a cpap machine back in 08 after being diagnosed with sleep apnia during the process of getting a lap band. I never really used the cpap and kinda put up with the apnia. The last few days the apnia has been unusually bad and i actually had a seizure from it saturday morning so i went ahead and used the cpap saturday and sunday night. The level i beleive is set at 18.

Also if your mother has a deviated nasal septum then also it can cause allergy like symptoms. CPAP machines can also cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help your mother too. Hope this helps. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

Ensure to use the CPAP machine regularly. Only go for regular follow ups with your doctor to check to see if the apneas are under control and if your sleep is adequate. Inadequately controlled sleep apneas can cause hypertension and other complications. If you are having problems with CPAP therapy then discuss with your doctor for Bi PAP therapy. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

My family was exposed for 11 months to asbestos, fiberglass insulation, sewer gas and mold. We are and have experienced several problems. We were told to leave the house the day of the testing and not to come back the contamination was so bad. We need someone who has been through this to help or if they know someone to help. We are having problems with respiratory, neurological problems, several other problems such as my daughter lost some of her vision.

It is important to identify the cause for this. At times despite all tests no cause is found. CPAP machines do cause gas in stomach. This can aggravate an existing reflux. In your case this should be thought of as the cause of fibrosis and all treatment to suppress the reflux should be tried. Hope this helps. Take care!

Ask for some adjustment in the machine to overcome this. CPAP machines can also cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Lowering the CPAP pressure can help but do not do this without consulting your sleep specialist. Switching over to bilevel pressure or C-Flex may help you too. However, nothing should be tried without consulting the specialist. If nausea is not related to CPAP machine, then other causes will have to be looked into. Commonest cause of nausea is acidity.

I've noticed that in the morning when I wake up that I'm very bloated. Is it possible that I'm swallowing air from the CPAP? It's not gas. Also, I'm still soooooooooo tired when I wake up.

If you already have a humidifier and still experience these symptoms you may need a heated humidifier. In most cases this resolves nasal congestion and irritation if it is caused by CPAP. CPAP machines can cause air in the stomach-gas and bloating. Sleeping with head aligned with the body helps. If you want a raised head then the head end of the bed should be raised. Pillows should be kept to the minimum.

SO THEY PUT HER BACK ON FULL VENT IN THE EVENING TO BLOW OFF HER C02 (INITIALLY BLOOD GAS READING WAS 88/ NEXT DAY 79/NEXT DAY 62/)AND TODAY WITH THE C02 MONITOR ON AND VENT ON CPAP, READING IS 42, WITH O2 SATURATION AT 92-93 AND GIVING HER 28% 02....SHE ALSO BROKE HER HIP IN SEPTEMBER, AND WAS WEAK FROM THAT. HAS BEEN ON OXYGEN FOR 5 YRS AND USING 2, 3 LTRS SETTINGS...

I am wondering if CPAP or Oxygen level is making me worse? or has CPAP played a part in the cause from the beginning. My Respiratory Doctor is also an ER doctor and has not been in his office, I have to wait till June 4th for resluts and a Game Plane! I have considered going to ER just to see him. Or City is short on these doctors and one has been having health issues himself and is out. So I cannot go to another. These are my most recent labs including thyroid stuff.

I also had occasions when I would wake up early with a rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath (even though I use a CPAP machine religiously). I expected these symptoms to go away after cardioversion but they haven't. I usually have strong palpitations when lying down, although they are now very regular. The tachycardia is happening most nights now, usually between 4:30 and 6:30 AM.

Right now he is going to take 25 mg of Lopressor and Xanax. In addition to this, he is going to use his CPAP machine to sleep. He is going to see an endocrinologist next week. The doctor is going to review his case in one month. He can't sleep at night because of the heart rate. The said something about him seeing a electrical physiologist. They do not understand why this is happening. Any input???

/ I have sleep apnea, Intersticial Cystitis, Major Depression/Anxiety. On Wellbutrin, use CPAP machine for apnea, and Elmiron for IC. This pain is every night like clockwork beginning at 11pm-morning. I don't smoke. very light on/off use in the past few years- 1pack a month. currently off. please help--it is scary, ive requsted dr's appointments but its taking forever to get a appointment here in SF.

Wednesday morning the took the breathing tube out and he started having shortness of breath and anxiety he was VERY irritable so that put a mask on him similar to a cpap machine and then the anxiety got worse and they said he was working him self into a frinzy and later about 10:30pm they put the breathing tube back in and heavily medicated him to keep him asleep and calm.

I so wanted to avoid a CPAP machine. I have an appointment Friday afternoon to see my MS specialist neurologist and his psychologist for additional testing and to go over my new MRIs, SSER, and the like. Now I get to go back the same night and do another sleep study to see how well a machine helps. When I had my first appointment, he asked what symptom I had that bothered me most. I said the weird paresthesias.

You know how you feel when your bloated, this can make breathing even harder than it has to be for her. Does she have a cpap machine or Bipap machine? This could improve her energy level. It will blow the CO2(Carbon Dioxide) off which tends to creap up in COPD patients. Also the cpap will get air to the avioli(sacs in the lungs that perform gas exchange for oxygen to get into the bloodstream). The bipap is a noninvasive way to help a servere COPD ventilate(breath).

IF you live in the US, most insurers & Medicare will cover supplemental O2 for you and/or other equipment since your O2 saturation rate falls below 89%. You need to work with the doc who ordered the sleep study & explore how much it helps you to use a Bi-Pap or CPap machine (with supplemental O2, if needed).

I tried the strips, didn't work pm me your address I'll send you the rest of the box =) Dr Park has alot of info in his blogs and website about nasal passages airways etc and sleep problems - I think this is why I have a problem with the CPAP machine. Janpes; he does suggest something very similar to what you're doing in another post, I'll see if I can find it, or at least about using a saline spray.

You might also want to ask about the potential benefit of pursed-lip-breathing and the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while asleep. Your doctor has you on good medications.

The neurologist put me on a CPAP machine and I used it for like a year with ZERO improvements,so makes me wonder that my sleep problem is very uncommon to what is found in most sleep labs. One funny thing is that in this 8 years of feeling this way,I have only had like 10 days (randomnly) in which I have woken up completely refreshed like a new person,just like before 1997, when all this started.

Since my sleep study showed my heart rate dropped to 38 and my sleep doc did not say I had to use CPAP (suggested I try it), I am going to try as many other methods as possible before going back on the machine (bipap actually....I found CPAP just made it harder to breathe although even on the Bipap, several times I could feel the machine 'pulling' my air away and causing an apnea!

Look up a doctor that deals with sleep disorders and ask about having a sleep study done. If it is proven you suffer from it you will probably have to wear a CPAP machine. It stands for continues positive airway pressure which allows your body to get the air it needs so you can get a good nights sleep.

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