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Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - MNsleeplessnights - 11-19-2019 Hi, I was hoping I could get a few opinions on an issue I've been having trouble with. I have terrible trouble breathing nasally, especially at night. I luckily have a Mirage Quattro full face mask and my sleep physician said that mouth breathing should not prevent successful therapy with my ResMed Autoset 10 if I have my full face mask correctly sealed. I have, however, heard from others that nasal breathing is highly recommended to the extent of almost being a necessity for success with any xPAP device. Can anyone chime in on this subject with their experiences and opinions? I have been using my Autoset 10 for just about two months now and I really can't say I've experienced any improvements, so I am trying to gauge whether that may be because of my issues breathing with my nose. RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - DeepBreathing - 11-19-2019 Nasal breathing is generally regarded as superior to mouth breathing in everyday life, and I think this has carried over into attitudes towards CPAP. In fact many technical papers refer to the treatment as nCPAP (nasal CPAP) with the inference that only nose breathing is acceptable. However it has to be recognised that many people can't breathe through the nose due to congestion, deviated septum or other reasons. That's why we have full-face masks. Early in my CPAP experience I got a lot of congestion which caused me to mouth-breathe, with no detrimental effects except for a dry mouth. Over time the congestion disappeared and I now breathe through the nose, but I still like a full-face mask. So I have to disagree with those who've told you that only nose breathing is acceptable. RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - Gideon - 11-19-2019 Nasal breathing is preferred, more 'natural', and should be TRIED. But mouth breathing is absolutely acceptable. RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - Crimson Nape - 11-19-2019 The following is an excert from performing a search using, the term, "Advantages of nose breathing". I hope it will prove of some use. Dr. John Douillard, DC, CAP on May 6, 2014 Wrote: RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - SarcasticDave94 - 11-19-2019 Interesting info Crimson Nape. To breathe or not to breathe, that is the question. My take is similar to others, nasal breathing is preferred and has medical reasoning, but if you need to breathe through your mouth, be Nike and just do it. Your full face mask permits this. I'm trying to train myself to just nose breathe and be able to use my N/P30i but I still go to the full face eventually because I breathe through both nose and mouth lots of times. RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - Osiris357 - 11-19-2019 It may be just a fluke but since I switched to pillows and use mouth tape (can’t think of the brand off hand) I fall asleep much easier and my pressures don’t rise and fall nearly as much as they do with full face. Both my F20 and F30 would spike to 17 - 18 on a regular basic. Since I switch to pillows it hasn’t gone above 11.5 while driving my AHI even lower. Even before I found the right setting which lowered my centrals, pillows were giving me a lower max pressure while keeping my AHI in check. From my personal experience I would say nose breathing is superior to mouth breathing. But everybody is different and that might not work for you RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - Osiris357 - 11-19-2019 Crimson Nape that makes a lot of sense. Back when I was running 6 years ago or so I read an article that was saying that if you could get the same volume of air through your nose that oxygen would be processed more efficiently and it’s recommended to breath through your nose during recovery for that reason. Paraphrased but that’s the gist RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - Crimson Nape - 11-19-2019 Several years ago had this "moment of inspiration", speculating that since cold air is more dense than warn air, then it should contain more oxygen per cubic whatever. Therefore a person's SpO2 level should be higher in colder climates as well. Neat idea until I found out that the warmer the air, helps the body to more efficiently absorb oxygen, The nose aids in prewarming the air on the way to the lungs to help this. Needless to say I quickly discovered it was a wash and was on to other simpler thoughts. Things like, "why are planets and moons round and everything else in space is irregular shaped?". I'm in one of those moods today. . . RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - SarcasticDave94 - 11-19-2019 So we've gotten back around to the round vs flat planet thing. I'm on the round planet side as the other sides argument falls flat. RE: Thoughts on mouth breathing and xPAP effectiveness? - MNsleeplessnights - 11-19-2019 Thank you to everyone who shared their input. It's nice to know that mouth breathing should be okay, but I will try my best to figure out how to breathe through my nose. I experimented with mouth taping last night and using my AirFit10 nasal pillow mask. Needless to say I slept terribly. I will have to experiment with decongestants and making my room as allergen free as possible. |