03-10-2023, 07:40 AM
Head cold
What do you do when your nose drips into your mask?
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Head cold
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Barbara.Levitan
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pholynyk
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03-10-2023, 12:52 PM
RE: Head cold
Is this nasal secretions or your breath condensing on a colder mask? I suspect the later. Your nose and lungs add moisture to the air you breathe, and if you are sleeping in a colder room, the moisture will condense on the mask.
The cure for that is to turn up the temperature of your heated hose, which will warm the mask.
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srlevine1
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03-10-2023, 11:23 PM
RE: Head cold
If the nasal drip is from a cold, I turn off the humidity and the drier air seems to solve the issue. I also rinse my nose with a sterile saline solution -- not a neti pot.
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