{"id":36430,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/humidifier-for-cpap\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:16","slug":"humidifier-for-cpap","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/humidifier-for-cpap\/","title":{"rendered":"humidifier for CPAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Nasal CPAP users! Did you receive a humidifier with your CPAP or Bi-Level unit?<\/h5>\n<div>If you didn\u2019t, and if you suffer from any of the following symptoms, speak to your equipment provider and ask for one to be delivered to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dry, burning sensation in the sinuses either during the night or upon awakening from sleep.<\/li>\n<li>Nosebleeds after using the Nasal CPAP or specks of blood in the mucosa when you blow your nose.<\/li>\n<li>A feeling of tightness or constriction in the nasal passages after a few hours use of the CPAP or Bi-Level.<\/li>\n<li>General difficulty breathing through the nose after a few hours use of the CPAP or Bi-Level.<\/li>\n<li>Frequent mouth-breathing during sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nasal CPAP and Bi-Level devices require that we breathe continuously\u2014for the entire night\u2014through our noses. This is why drying of the sinuses is such a common consequence of CPAP and Bi-Level treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily during sleep we alternate between mouth and nose-breathing, which gives our sinuses time to rehydrate themselves. If we use a CPAP or Bi-Level device though, our sinuses don\u2019t get a break\u2014which is why we need to add humidity to the air we breathe.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a humidifier and think you may benefit from one, don\u2019t delay. 90% of all CPAP users\u2014when given the opportunity\u2014prefer breathing humidified air!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/snoring-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"81\" option=\"com_content\">Snoring &amp; Sleep Apnea page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3220,3221],"class_list":["post-36430","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep","category-snoring-sleep-apnea"],"acf":{"article_id":"1454"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}