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Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
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Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
Dear hose addicts,

my flow limitations are consistently at Min = 0, Med = 0, 95% = 0.1 and Max = 0.2.  I do not worry about these values.  Should I?

Mike
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
No, nothing to worry about.
Look at your FL graph. The range is from 0 to 1, with 1 being the worse. You are at the low end.
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
Do you have RERAs showing on your daily charts? If not then no, if so then maybe depending on the frequency of occurance
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
My machine doesn’t record RERA.

Mike
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
How do you feel? If you are feeling good and refreshed, don’t worry about them.

John
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
Bear in mind that 95% values mean 95% at OR BELOW. In your place, as others have suggested, I'd just go by how I feel.
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
Your machine records RERA’s. If you don’t see any it’s because you’ve never had any. I get them occasionally and they are in my event list.
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
First of all, I'm feeling fine and enjoy every night with my mask. My AHI usually is below 0.5.

But: my machine doesn't record RERA, I'm living in Europe and the European firmware shows no RERA.  The "For Her" machine does, but mine not.  Definitely.

Mile
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RE: Flow limitation -- something to worry about my values?
(03-26-2020, 02:22 PM)multicast Wrote: First of all, I'm feeling fine and enjoy every night with my mask.  My AHI usually is below 0.5

Mile

Then enjoy, and don’t give FLs a thought!
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