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Dry mouth, swollen Parotid Gland, related to cpap?
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01-31-2014, 01:48 PM
RE: Dry mouth, swollen Parotid Gland, related to cpap?
Not a doctor -- but, I suspect a stone in the saliva duct from that gland.
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01-31-2014, 02:00 PM
RE: Dry mouth, swollen Parotid Gland, related to cpap?
(01-31-2014, 01:38 PM)retired_guy Wrote: Try sleeping on your back again. I was not able to do that for as long as I can remember. When I had my sleep study, sleeping on my left side was "marginally" an issue. But the few minutes off and on during the night when I ended up on my back sent my osa's through the roof. Now, with the machine I am experiencing back-sleeping nirvana! My ahi is very low, typically showing 2 or 3 events per night. As enjoyable as I found the back sleeping to be, I found I began to miss sleeping on my left side. So I'm doing that carefully now. I don't want Mr. Bad Pain-in-ear to come back! I still believe the problem was I tried to keep from breathing through the mouth, but over compensated with a too tight chinstrap. I am going to try some back sleeping tonight and see if it makes a difference. Yah Mr Bad Pain in the Ear is a royal pain in my a** lol. I am keeping my eye out for him! (01-31-2014, 01:39 PM)me50 Wrote: I would be concerned that, after having a biopsy, being on antibiotics, having the symptoms you just had, that a doc's office would ask for you to wait for 2 weeks to be seen, especially with doing a biopsy where they are looking to rule out something, whether it be cancer or some other issue(s). Mr dermatologist would see me in a heartbeat, they were the ones that did the biopsy, it is for a rare skin issue, and they are doing a study that they asked me to volunteer for. So the antibiotics really were just a precautionary measure. But to see an ENT they have a two week wait at the minimum, and to be honest as I said it did resolve so as of now no symptoms beyond the dry mouth, but as they said dry mouth could be the cause I am just looking to be rid of the dry mouth. I have used Biotene in the past, and that is a very good suggestion, better than the tart candies, that stuff does work well. Thanks for reminding me, and suggesting that. (01-31-2014, 01:48 PM)justMongo Wrote: Not a doctor -- but, I suspect a stone in the saliva duct from that gland. Could very well have been, it did resolve in under 48 hours though so I am not sure. But it certainly could have been. I am glad I signed up for this board, you guys (and girls) are very helpful.
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