11-18-2017, 07:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-18-2017, 08:03 PM by ajack.)
RE: Having Clear Air Events in Clusters
SleepyKiddo"I have a connective tissue disorder and require the higher pressure to keep my airway open and my obstructives down."
It might be a good idea to refer back to the doctor, about how the connective tissue disorder affects lung function. You may need the PS:5 or more. If it were me I'd go for more testing. As has been said, pressure induced CA are common enough, you may need another machine, the 3 types are, ASV is normally for a healthy lung, ST and a/i vaps for those that need more control.
RE: Having Clear Air Events in Clusters
G'day SleepyKiddo. Welcome to Apnea Board.
What we haven't established is what your breathing was like before you went onto CPAP/BiPAP. If you have a copy of your sleep report it would really help if you could post the summary. (And if you don't have it, you should get a copy). At the moment we don't know if you were having obstructive or central apnea (or mixed) in the first place. We also don't know what your untreated AHI was - you said it's gone up, but it's currently at 10 which is regarded as mild apnea. If you have some #SleepyHead daily charts from your CPAP machine it would also be useful to compare that with your current results.
RE: Having Clear Air Events in Clusters
Hi SleepyKiddo,
WELCOME! to the forum.!
Good luck with CPAP therapy and getting it fine-tuned to better meet your needs.
Hang in there for more responses to your post.
trish6hundred