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Pressure on the machine

Posted by gwenna on April 10, 2006 at 05:28:01:

Hello all, my boyfriend has sleep apnea and has had a CPAP machine for well over a year. He hasn't used it much, said it hurt too much, made his mouth bleed amoung other things, so he had another sleep study done and they said his pressure needs to be set at 21! I didn't know the machine went that high, but he is gung ho to give it all a try now (he's on an antidepressant now too which has helped a lot with a bunch of stuff). Any way. I was wondering if anyone knows if the CPAP machines are supposed to go that high? He has one with Cflex. He took it in to get reset and they did something to the altitude to make it "feel like" 21. Apparently it is really hard to get a BiPAP machine which is what was used on the study. On the bright side he figured out how to turn up the humidity so it doesn't make his mouth all dry any more. I am just looking for some advice on having the pressure set so high. He has an appointment with his sleep doctor (a new one actually since we moved from where the last one was) and I want him to go in armed to get that BiPAP if that's what he needs.
I have been reading here for a long time and you all are so knowledgeable, I have found a lot of information on here to give him (not that he's listened to me at all up to now!)
Thanks a bunch
Gwenna

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