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Heated hose and stuffy nose - skylark - 10-03-2017
I put this same comment in my Climateline Hose Smells thread. Mods, you can move it if you want.
I got my heated hose this past Saturday and used it every night since. (I got rid of most of the odor by washing it thoroughly).
The MyAir report shows I had zero AHIs Saturday night, then 1.3 and 1.4 the next nights. My nose was very stuffy in the morning, so I attribute that to my higher AHIs. I realize those AHIs aren't awful, but it does show me something changed that raised them. I assume it's the temperature or humidity though the new hose.
Should I lower the hose temperature to see if that helps? What about the humidity?
I noticed that using my regular un-heated hose, that the humidifier tank was mostly full the next morning. With the heated hose, it's well over half empty. Did the heated hose use that much more water??
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - Walla Walla - 10-03-2017
When you plug in your heated hose the machine goes to climate control auto. This resets the temperature on the humidifier.
Switch the humidifier to manual and you can lower the temperature on the hose and humidifier.
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - skylark - 10-03-2017
(10-03-2017, 11:57 AM)Walla Walla Wrote: When you plug in your heated hose the machine goes to climate control auto. This resets the temperature on the humidifier.
Switch the humidifier to manual and you can lower the temperature on the hose and humidifier.
I saw how to reset the temperature and humidity in the Clinical Manual. Will lowering the temperature help with the nasal stuffiness?
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - OpalRose - 10-03-2017
(10-03-2017, 02:56 PM)skylark Wrote:(10-03-2017, 11:57 AM)Walla Walla Wrote: When you plug in your heated hose the machine goes to climate control auto. This resets the temperature on the humidifier.
Switch the humidifier to manual and you can lower the temperature on the hose and humidifier.
I saw how to reset the temperature and humidity in the Clinical Manual. Will lowering the temperature help with the nasal stuffiness?
There is no way to know unless you adjust the humidity and hose temperature and see how you feel.
Some will say that they need more humidity when they are stuffed up, others like me do better with a lower humidity setting.
Make your adjustments and go with it for a few days.
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - Anaja09 - 10-03-2017
Hi Skylark,
Although this is just one data point, I experienced stuffiness Monday morning. So, I increased my humidity Monday night. It was better this morning. My understanding (and I am newbie as they get) is that increasing the humidity helps the stuffiness--as counter intuitive as that sounds. Others can provide better information, but I also understand that tube temp helps decrease condensation build-up in the tube?
I am still fiddling with the comfort settings myself
Good luck!
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - kingstar - 10-04-2017
(10-03-2017, 03:11 PM)Anaja09 Wrote: Hi Skylark,
Although this is just one data point, I experienced stuffiness Monday morning. So, I increased my humidity Monday night. It was better this morning. My understanding (and I am newbie as they get) is that increasing the humidity helps the stuffiness--as counter intuitive as that sounds. Others can provide better information, but I also understand that tube temp helps decrease condensation build-up in the tube?
I am still fiddling with the comfort settings myself
Good luck!
Extra humidity has helped with stuffiness for me and I had to increase the tube temp to prevent condensation, so this aligns with my experience.
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - skylark - 10-05-2017
I increased humidity by one, it's now at 5, and decreased hose temp to 75 degrees. My nose is still somewhat stuffy, and my AHIs are higher than they were pre-heated hose purchase (last night AHIs were 1.4).
I think I will revert back to the regular hose and see what happens since the stuffiness and increase in AHIs coincide with the new heated hose.
RE: Heated hose and stuffy nose - Ockrocket - 10-05-2017
I have totally turned off my humidifier, and don't even have water in the tank any more.
The heated hose temp is set on 4 to warm the air coming in to my mask as my nostrils are super-sensitive to cold air and many other things, such as pollen and other airborne irritants.
On the Dreamstation the tank can be removed and the hose connected directly to the machine, but this then doesn't allow for the heating to work on the hose, and I also found having the air go through the humidifier chamber "softens" the force it comes in to my mask at without reducing the overall effect of the pressure I need.
With humidity my nose would often clog up, after going to maximum humidity I have now found going to no humidity causes less blocking for me, and I also bumped my fixed pressure from 7 up to 8 which also helped.
Play around with it all until you find what works for you, but only change one thing at a time.. and give it a week between each change to assess if it has altered anything for you or not.