difficulty breathing with airmini
difficulty breathing with airmini
I have a ResMed airsense 10 that I use at home and just got an AirMini for travel. It is set to the same range as my air sense. However, I feel like I struggle to draw enough breath on inhalation and also to struggle to exhale adequately. Has anyone had this problem?
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
What are your settings? Are you using different masks with the two machines?
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
my setting are min 5 max 8. Same as my airsense10. I use nasal pillows on airsense and use the nasal pillow for airmini. It feels like I'm meeting too much resistance on both inhalation and exhalation.
Last edited by Dreamdoc on Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:14 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
Same pillows models?
Those are very low pressures. At anything below 7, I get a feeling of suffocation on inhale.
If you are saying it is hard to exhale, that's hard to understand at such low pressures.
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
I use the pillow and humidifier specific to AirMini. I think the original settings were different (maybe had a wider range) but my provider set 5 and 8. I have mild sleep apnea--12 events/hr. The real difficulty is with inhalation.
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
You can get the adapter to allow you to use other masks with the Mini... but I think it takes away the ability to scavenge your breath's moisture... note that the mask for the Mini has no exhaust ports, they're moved to the 'moisture disk' part of the mask. You're re-breathing more than you would otherwise, that may be what you're feeling.
If you want more inhalation support you can turn EPR up and turn your pressures up... EPR for RM tends to lessen the effective pressure. Set 7 and 10 with EPR 2 and give that a try... you get the idea. If you already have EPR turned on you can try lessening it.
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
I'm going to ASSume you use a ResMed AirFit™ P10 Nasal with each machine.
Ditto
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
I believe it was originally set at 7 and 10 and I was having the same difficulty. I took it to my provider because of that and he set it 5-8 to match my prescription. Also my provider suggested a heat moisture exchanger for airmini which I ordered but it doesn't fit.
Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
Well, fool around with diff. settings til something feels better (assuming it will).
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
What is your EPR setting?Dreamdoc wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:55 amI believe it was originally set at 7 and 10 and I was having the same difficulty. I took it to my provider because of that and he set it 5-8 to match my prescription. Also my provider suggested a heat moisture exchanger for airmini which I ordered but it doesn't fit.
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Machine: AirCurve™ 10 VAuto BiLevel Machine with HumidAir™ Heated Humidifier |
Mask: Fisher & Paykel Vitera Full Face Mask with Headgear (S, M, or L Cushion) |
Additional Comments: I use O2Ring, Oscar, SleepHQ, and Cover Roll Stretch mouth tape. |
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Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
Dial wingin'
"It's not the number of breaths we take, it's the number of moments that take our breath away."
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuántas cuentos cuentas.
Re: difficulty breathing with airmini
There's something to be said for it when things are unsure as long as your MD is not opposed.