I have had my CPAP for just over a week, and aside from the typical issues I have noticed quite a bit of gas pressure in the morning. I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and is it to be expected?
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new hosehead
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 New with CPAP! Can the CPAP cause excess gas? |
| Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:11 pm | |
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justplainbill
Joined: 09 Sep 2006 Posts: 369 Location: North Carolina
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Yes. This is a complication to be expected. I think that usually this problem vanishes over time for most users. This seems to arise from some of the machine air getting shunted down the esophagus to the stomach.
You can find some tips for dealing with this in the FAQ thread on When Things Go Wrong With CPAP here: http://www.sleepapnea.org/resources/pubs/wrong.html Best wishes, Bill |
| Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:55 pm | |
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new hosehead
Joined: 16 Jul 2008 Posts: 3
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Thank you very much. That is good to hear because I am not happy with this side effect at all. I made an appointment w/ the Doc to discus this and some other issues. Thanks again for the link and info.
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Okie Moderator
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 1014 Location: Oklahoma
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good your discussing this with your doctor, you might want to ask about dropping your pressure by just one or two points; this often will help the areophagia, air swallowing. He can review your sleep study statistics to see if it might be OK for you to try a reduced pressure.
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