Posted by Cue Miller on October 06, 2001 at 10:07:04:

In Reply to: Air leakage from mouth while sleeping posted by Spence on October 06, 2001 at 03:50:45:

I have the same mouth breathing problem, which got slightly worse when the doc increased my pressure setting from 8 to 10.

I've pretty much trained myself to keep my mouth shut by visualizing and thinking about it as I go to sleep. I also shut my mouth (of course) and place the tip of my tongue against the roof of my mouth right behind my upper front teeth. This places my tongue in a position that "seals" off the airway. This is the way is is "supposed" to be, except we lifelong mouth breathers can't seem to get the hang of it (and I had my nose fixed so I really don't need to mouth breathe anymore). I also practice this during the daytime while awake.

Once in a while I go through a period where I start mouth breathing again, and then I use tape -- a single strip from corner to corner (side to side). Hate that tape, tho.

It is important to solve this problem, however, as mouth breathing will greatly lessen the effectiveness of CPAP.

Like Fog, I really don't like the idea of using a full face mask. I love my Breeze. But that's me.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Air leakage from mouth while sleeping Spence 16:16 10/06/01 (2)
  • Re: Air leakage from mouth while sleeping Cue Miller 18:57 10/06/01 (1)
    • Another Balloon Mouth ChoirGirl in NC 13:49 10/08/01 (0)

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