Hello SkyGal,
Welcome to ApneaBoard!
Coincidentally, last night, second time ever in 8 years, I took off and left off my mask for the rest of the night. Three sneezes in succession fouled the Brevida and I cast it aside.
To your problem. What's changed besides sneeze frequency and using the AirMini (AM)?
Sneezing problems are nothing to sneeze at.
Help those of us with related experience hone-in or speculate on reasons by answering these and others' questions:
-Did sneezing frequency begin to, or suddenly, rise as soon as you started with the AM?
-How long have you used the AM?
-Are sneezes clustered in a particular time of your daily cycle?
-Are you new to your location and environment with its particular dust and allergens?
-What might you have changed (clothing materials, bedding, carpet, cleaners, foods, drugs, pet, soaps, detergents, perfume, etc.)?
-What has been known to cause you to sneeze at all or at increased frequency?
I too have had sneezes cause significant temporary back or shoulder pain a couple times a year.
Lifelong: emerging from a dark space into bright sunlight most often triggers a sneeze; I'm tolerant of cold, but getting a slight chill, felt on my neck and sometimes along the top of my shoulders, often (and most consistently) sends me into a cyclic 20+ hard-sneezing fit. Each sneeze begins with a trivial, cyclical chill wave sensation. I've tried many ways to stop series of sneezes--rarely successful. Fortunately, the fits almost always come at home, but when driving and a sneeze sneaks up you gotta stay focused, in control and hope for a single.
Only recently I came to see plausible explanation for my nose tending to run suddenly during or right after a meal; it turns out runny nose and cold symptoms are often an allergic-reaction/side-effect of Repatha injections.
Others with your condition will likely have more relevant experience and questions than these. Good luck.
