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Re: CPAP increasing blood pressure?


Posted by sue on October 26, 1999 at 13:50:50:

In Reply to: Re: CPAP increasing blood pressure? posted by kerry on October 25, 1999 at 05:16:18:

I use the nasal pillows. I put off going back to the Dr. thinking it would work itself out as I got
> used to the machine. By the time my appointment came around, it had
improved
> a lot. I've had the machine for 3 months - it got better after about two
> months, just went away over a couple days, it came back again for a couple
> weeks and has now been gone for about three weeks. The Dr. said it was my
> hormones adjusting to the sleep and she did prescribe potassium and a
> progesterone cream (over the counter) to help. I assume my laying still so much more increased the swelling - I used to toss around all night and
> now am very still. I just started using the cream (I noticed someone else just mentioned it as well) so I'll let you know how it
> works. I tried an over the counter dieuretic but it didn't help.
>

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