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Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
Hi All, First time posting to this site. Looking for help with sudden appearance of CA problems in my CPAP data.
I have no apparent physical symptoms like head or lung congestion or runny nose. See screen print attached.
Any insights on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Greg
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08-13-2021, 01:58 PM (This post was last modified: 08-13-2021, 02:00 PM by factor.)
RE: Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
Is the Airsense 10 a new machine for you? Where you on another machine? Have you changed masks? Think about all the things that have changed for you lately new meds, new medical conditions etc.
RE: Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
Regarding meds. nothing has changed in months. I use OSCAR to review my sleep data on a regular basis and until about 2 weeks ago my AHI was routinely less than 1.5 with less than 2 CA in 8 hrs. Now the last 3 days have been: AHI 4.48 CA 2.24 , AHI 7.26 CA 3.91 , AHI 3.70 CA 2.16. As I look at the data there are many more unclassified CA's as many as 7 every 5 minutes during an hour of CA reporting then my breathing appears to return to normal. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and reported a cause.
Thanks Greg
RE: Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
Regarding Mask / Equipment changes: Nothing has changed for many months.
Will try increasing my max pressure to 10 for a night to see what effect that has. Few years ago I tried 12 and at that pressure my mouth opens up while sleeping and the air just escapes with no benefit and a very dry mouth in the morning.
Thanks Greg
RE: Very Tired, suddenly having many clear airway issues with no apparent physical cause.
CA just means your CO2 level is below the threshold to signal needing to breathe. You can try the setting edits of lowering EPR and turning off Ramp to see how CA respond and if/how they do.
INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEBSITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.
