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Re: Apap pressure setting plan
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:07 pm
by SteveBR
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:53 pm
Your machine thinks the Flow Limitations are bad and need to be killed and that's a big reason why you see the machine want to go a lot higher and max out for a prolonged period of time.
Sometimes nasal congestion can show up as ugly FLs but we really can't fix FLs that are caused by nasal congestion with more pressure.
I did an experiment using a full face mask and taping my nose shut so I was forced to breath out of my mouth and still had those FLs.
Re: Apap pressure setting plan
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:47 am
by SteveBR
SteveBR wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:07 pm
Pugsy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:53 pm
Your machine thinks the Flow Limitations are bad and need to be killed and that's a big reason why you see the machine want to go a lot higher and max out for a prolonged period of time.
Sometimes nasal congestion can show up as ugly FLs but we really can't fix FLs that are caused by nasal congestion with more pressure.
I did an experiment using a full face mask and taping my nose shut so I was forced to breath out of my mouth and still had those FLs.
Any possible theories why the FLs would be still occurring under this scenario? They occur whether I am asleep or not.
Re: Apap pressure setting plan
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:59 am
by Pugsy
SteveBR wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:47 am
Any possible theories why the FLs would be still occurring under this scenario? They occur whether I am asleep or not.
Nasal congestion or a restricted airway for some reason or other is all I can think of.
This is why I say more pressure can't always reduce FLs and sometimes more pressure causes more problems than the FLs were causing.