Simply closing the mouth causes your cpap to work wonders and helps you sleep through the night.
Cpap nose pillows mouth breathing.
So when it s bedtime sit on your bed and place mask on your face with straps loose.
These air leaks often awaken users causing sleep fragmentation.
This may require some accommodations.
Conversely with the mouth closed the air delivered from cpap isn t rerouted but travels through the respiratory airway.
When the mouth opens the jaw becomes free to move and it may shift the tongue back into the throat especially when sleeping on the back.
A mouth breather on cpap has 2 choices a full face mask or a traditional nasal mask nasal pillow mask with the addition of a chin strap.
Although mouth breathing is a common characteristic among those with sleep apnea many will find that sufficient airflow delivered via cpap can open the nose up.
A full face mask style device that covers your mouth and nose also may work well for you.
A chin strap may help keep your mouth closed and reduce the air leak if you wear a nasal mask.
To help reduce mask leak remember to do your final fit and adjustment while laying in bed in your normal sleeping position.
Discover how to avoid mouth breathing by opening the nose using a chinstrap and adjusting device settings.