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Sleep apnea support Nov, 01 2023
Helpful measures to alleviate upper airway and throat dryness
While the benefits of CPAP* therapy are clear, you could experience a dry mouth or throat undergoing this treatment.1 This is especially true if you are new to the therapy and just starting to adjust to the pressurized air. It can also be an issue if you breathe through your mouth while asleep. A heated humidifier, or chamber filled with water that sits on a heater-plate, may help alleviate dry mouth and throat issues. Enabling air to pass over warm water before it reaches your airways is shown to prevent nasal congestion, and, in doing so, may also increase therapy compliance.2, 3
* We refer to CPAP in this instance, but this may also include other positive airway pressure device models such as APAP or Bilevel. Masks must be used with a PAP device to deliver therapy. 1 Patil SP, Ayappa IA, Caples SM, Kimoff RJ, Patel SR, Harrod CG. Treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2019 Feb 15, 15(2), p335-43. 2 Kennedy B, Lasserson TJ, Wozniak DR, Smith I. Pressure modification or humidification for improving usage of continuous positive airway pressure machines in adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2019(12). 3 Soudorn C, Muntham D, Reutrakul S, Chirakalwasan N. Effect of heated humidification on CPAP therapy adherence in subjects with obstructive sleep apnea with nasopharyngeal symptoms. Respiratory care, 2016 Sep, 61(9), 1151-9.
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