hi - i have had a cpap machine (full face mask) now for 3 years and it is great. i can drive safely again etc. for the last 6 months though i have had quite bad bloating/gas build up in my stomach, very painful (sorry about this). i am seeing my doctor who is checking it out, has anydody out there had similar problems?
thanks
jim, london, uk
bloated feeling!!
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Aerophagea
Hi Jim,
What are feeling is called Aerophagia, which means air in your digestive tract.
This is usually from too high a pressure, or a non tolerance to the correct pressure. This is common among cpap users. Perhaps your doctor could lower your cpap pressure by 1cm or move you to a autopap or bipap. What pressure are you on?
Titrator
What are feeling is called Aerophagia, which means air in your digestive tract.
This is usually from too high a pressure, or a non tolerance to the correct pressure. This is common among cpap users. Perhaps your doctor could lower your cpap pressure by 1cm or move you to a autopap or bipap. What pressure are you on?
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different machine, perhaps would help
Hi Jim,
I agree with Titrator that an autopap or a bipap machine might make things easier for you. A pressure of 13.5 is a pretty good blast of air. Awfully easy to swallow air, too.
An autopap is set for a range of pressures. For example, perhaps low set at 8 and high set at 15. It will vary the pressure through the night, depending on what's happening in your sleep while it "reads" your breathing pattern. So, even though the sleep study says you need 13.5, if you were using an autopap, you might actually spend much of your night at various lower pressures - the machine going up higher only when necessary. Lower pressures are less likely to cause aerophagia (swallowing air) for most people.
A bipap would deliver your titrated pressure of 13.5 all the time, except when you exhale. Bipaps can be set to drop the pressure on each exhalaton.
Either of those types of machine might lessen your chance of swallowing air and be more comfortable for you.
I agree with Titrator that an autopap or a bipap machine might make things easier for you. A pressure of 13.5 is a pretty good blast of air. Awfully easy to swallow air, too.
An autopap is set for a range of pressures. For example, perhaps low set at 8 and high set at 15. It will vary the pressure through the night, depending on what's happening in your sleep while it "reads" your breathing pattern. So, even though the sleep study says you need 13.5, if you were using an autopap, you might actually spend much of your night at various lower pressures - the machine going up higher only when necessary. Lower pressures are less likely to cause aerophagia (swallowing air) for most people.
A bipap would deliver your titrated pressure of 13.5 all the time, except when you exhale. Bipaps can be set to drop the pressure on each exhalaton.
Either of those types of machine might lessen your chance of swallowing air and be more comfortable for you.
Jim;
I find that I inflate more if I sleep on on side than I do if I sleep on the other, and least if I remain on my back (which I generally don't do for very long. I've learned to sleep on the least vulnerable side. It's as if I have a valve that opens to allow air in when I'm in certain positions.
My bloating comes and goes and seems to swing not only with sleeping positions but with food or alcohol intake. Sometimes I swallow more air, sometimes less. It used to bother me; now I take it for granted with the exception of an occasional painful night. During those painful times I find it helpful to get up and move around for awhile.
All the best.
I find that I inflate more if I sleep on on side than I do if I sleep on the other, and least if I remain on my back (which I generally don't do for very long. I've learned to sleep on the least vulnerable side. It's as if I have a valve that opens to allow air in when I'm in certain positions.
My bloating comes and goes and seems to swing not only with sleeping positions but with food or alcohol intake. Sometimes I swallow more air, sometimes less. It used to bother me; now I take it for granted with the exception of an occasional painful night. During those painful times I find it helpful to get up and move around for awhile.
All the best.
I believe we have different symptoms. In addition to bloating, there was swallowing of air during the night which caused me cease cpap immediately. Actually, these symptoms presented themselves a few weeks after I switched to the Resmed Autoset Spirit and the machine was set to the auto mode, not CPAP mode.
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