Keeping mouth open
I have posted on this forum before about how to keep my mouth open or more exactly how to keep my oral airway open.
As I have both a Deviated Septum and Nasal Polyps I have to use a full face mask (Simplus or Vitera)
If during the night my oral airway closes my Resmed S10 reponds to the nasal flow limitations by increasing the pressure up to maximum.
The question I have is how can my oral airway close but I still have restricted nasal breathing
RE: Keeping mouth open
You said it yourself. If your mouth is closed the air has no path other than the nose. If the nose is flow restricted then the machine has to increase pressure as needed until it finally hits max. The nasal conditions causing the restricted flow are still there.
I used an oral appliance for sports from Shock Doctor called Max Airflow 2.0 that is basically a teeth guard with a slight gap between the teeth allowing me to mouth breath. I see a few on Amazon, may be worth a go.
RE: Keeping mouth open
I have got it
Even though I am using a full face mask its only the first few minutes before I go to sleep that I mouth breath.
This is very apparent when I have got up for a comfort break and have been unable to get back to sleep.
I think that the back of my throat is closing rather than my mouth closing.
The big question is how do i prevent it closing
RE: Keeping mouth open
Throat collapse is likely the airway collapsing which is what properly set up CPAP machines work to prevent.
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RE: Keeping mouth open
But my nasal airway is still open
05-27-2024, 03:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-27-2024, 03:37 PM by Made.)
RE: Keeping mouth open
My left nostril has a polyp ,which can be controled with steriod nasal spray, which acts like a valve allowing inhale but blocking exhale.
My right nostril has a deviated septum which restricts the air flow in both directions.
This does mean that when I breath through my nose it sounds pretty noisy because of the restriction
If my tongue is slipping back how do i prevent it as I need to keep my oral airway open
Lastly with the pressure at 20cm there is still the same amout of flow restrictions
Increasing pressure does not fix a deviated septums and nasal polyps. Its only surgery which can do this but its considered to be to risky.
Also as im on blood thinners puttting stents into my nose could cause bleeding which could be difficult to stop
RE: Keeping mouth open
I have been trying out a couple of nasal masks but something I dont understand.
I can use them with my mouth open with no leakage
I read about trying to keep your mouth shut when using a nasal mask to stop leakage but I dont get any leakage.
Why