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Unusual Breathing Pattern
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Unusual Breathing Pattern
I had this unusual breathing pattern a couple of nights ago . The first chart shows my normal breathing pattern .
The second chart shows an unusual pattern for me . This breathing pattern lasted 15 minutes and then later on for 7 minutes .
I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what was going on . There were no apneas recorded during those unusual patterns .

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You may want to retry, the attachments are not here.
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Ok . I will try again . 

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The second chart is my normal breathing and the first chart is the unusual breathing .
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There have been 149 views of this . Does anyone not have an answer for me ?
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Sorry for the delay, Christmas and on the road and all.

Read this wiki article.
Palatal_Prolapse

How consistent is this pattern?  If it is persistent you may want to find an ENT that is very familiar with Palatal Prolapse.  Most flow limitations are with Inspire flow,  Yours is with expire flow.  

Fred
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It has only happened on one other night . But in this particular case it happened twice in the same night . Once for 15 minutes and later on for 7 minutes . 
What is an ENT ?
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ENT is an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor
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Nadprok, the flow pattern you had can be either exhaling around your full face mask, or the rare palatal prolapse. It's probably just an instance where your mouth moved below the mask and nothing to worry about, especially considering you have no other indications of obstruction which would be present with PP. An ENT is an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist or Otolaryngologist. I doubt you have any need for this specialist.
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Ok. Thank you all for your advice .
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Nadprok, your numbers are quite low so I wouldn't worry to much about it.
Unless it happens a lot, then it might be worth finding out what is causing it, but to be honest I wouldn't worry about it.
I am NOT a doctor.  I try to help, but do not take what I say as medical advice.


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