Cpap lung infections
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Changing the tubing, keeping it spotless, did not help prevent infection for me. Stopping the cpap treatment, is the only thing that prevented the chronic lung infections...and I always used the humitifer, which never helped prevent any infection... I regret ever having the sleep study and I regret what all the money and time it cost me, and the suffering of 3 years of lung infections...I am so done using the cpap treatment!
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I've been using a cpap machine for over a year but recently I've been waking with severe lung ache !! its almost like I'm winded i can hardly move with the pain I'm worried this might b a side affect to the pressure on my machine being to high ...
There can be several causes that require a person to use CPAP, including complications of lung function following surgery (infection, lung collapse, fluid in the lungs, etc). Lung failure in these cases are typically temporary and resolve with treatment of the underlying cause. This process may take a while (days to weeks) during which time intermittent use of CPAP may be used.
Eliminated two very common foods, and both my nostrils are now wide open with no blockage. I kept getting periodic sinus infections from the CPAP. So I have found, if I sleep on my side, and eliminate the two foods which bother me, I sleep very well without CPAP. Getting your nostrils open to where you can breathe well is essential if you are going to use CPAP or not.
As a mother of two myself my heart goes ou to you. As somone who has had lung infections since childhood that seem to always come back, I would offer a couple of ideas that may help reduce the frequency ...
1. if youve brought any pets into the home within the last 3 years, try to remeber if they arrived with a URI.
resp. muscle weakness( restricitve lung disease with MIP and MEp 17%,21%). I had a sleep study earlier this year that confirmed hypoventilation at night with elevated CO2 (52%). I was placed on a cpap but have been unable to tolerate this. I cannot go to sleep with it on and if I do get to sleep, I take it off in 1-2 hrs. I was seeing someone in the sleep clinic but he moved to another state. I saw a NP who prescribed restoril but it has not helped at all.
I know I need to use the cpap .
Yes, there can be a link. Every time you stop breathing, you create a vacuum effect that can suck up your stomach juices into your throat (causing your voice box inflammation which can lead to hoarseness, cough, lump sensation and post-nasal drip). It's been shown that stomach contents can then either go into your lungs or into your ears or sinuses. Consider that it's not just acid, but bile, digestive enzymes, and bacteria that's coming up.
Her lungs were almost ready at that age she was on CPAP in the NICU.
I use a CPAP machine at night to help me breathe. I have been noticing more pain in my right lung in the back middle region for the last week. Is anyoone else having these symptoms or problems with pain?
It's a cover up.
There is no way to get the gum out short of surgery.
It will be moist and soggy and sitting in the lower part of your lung and tangled around your vocal chords.
That is where my nicotine gum that i inhaled is sitting.
There is no way to get it out short of surgery.
Think about it.
The gum is soggy. A hook will just slice through it.
If you are breathing okay the Doctor will just try to give you psychological assurance by telling you that you must have swallowed it.
Please are recurring infections -not getting better by antibiotic is due to obs sleep apnea?
I use a cpap machine and am becoming convinced that it is the machine that keeps setting off lung infections in me. Every morning or whenever I wake up with mask on, I am choking and it hurts to take a breath. My mouth is completey dried out and I cough for a half hour before I can begin to inhale without coughing. Is there a solution for this...I can't use a nasal mask because I have deviated septum and automatically open my mouth when I sleep.
After 14 years on cpap I know there is a solution that can be added to the water to help with sinus related problems.When looking up a search on sinus rinse you can find countless home remedies for sinus rinse which I use on a regular basis.I have added different things to the water but have not found one to my satisfaction.I have used distilled water but have you noticed that it smells bad.
When My PFT was done in 2011, My Lung capacity was 60 before bronchodialtor and 62 post that . I was asked my Pulmo to do a CT scan and Xray of my lungs and all came normal .
I repeated my PFT on 2015 , the lung capacity was 69 before bronchodialator and 72 Post . I was told that I had astma and was on an inhaler .
Today again I went for the PFT , The lung capacity improved to 72 before bronchodialator and 74 post it .
I had a sleep study that showed hypoventilation and elevated CO2. I was given a CPAP but am unable to tolerate it even after different masks etc. I do have a lot of shortness of breath with exertion and experience a lot of air hunger at night. Sometimes I have to get up in the middle of the night to try and relieve the air hunger and shortness of breath.
The results are as follows:
No mediastinal,hilar or axillary adenopathy. left infrahilar calcified lymph node is seen.
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