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Re: Chronic sinus infection with humidi

Posted by BreathingEZ on April 06, 2006 at 15:34:03:

In Reply to: Chronic sinus infection with humidi posted by Sleepygranny on April 06, 2006 at 01:51:35:

Pardon me if I take a devil's advocate position on the use of a humidifier. After more than 3 years on CPAP, I'm still at a loss to understand this insistence on the need for a heated humidifier. This isn't pure oxygen we're breathing, it's air. It isn't "rushing" down our nasal passages; it's going in and out at normal rate in a very slightly pressurized environment. I personally (and I would venture there are many others like me) see absolutely no benefit in the use of a heated humidifier with CPAP. I've used mine in half a dozen different countries at different elevations, including above 8000 feet; I've used it in a farmhouse bedroom that was unheated and cold enough to freeze water; and I of course use it nightly in my own bedroom which is about 68 degrees with electric baseboard heat, and I've never felt the need for humidification, or found any benefit in it when I've used it. In fact, I find the warmed air annoying. Room temperature and at normal humidity is just fine with me. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone with a scientific justification for heated humidification, or from others like me who feel it's a waste of time.

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