Hi
I'm posting here on behalf of my mother who is a new CPAP machine user.
She has sleep apnea and has tried machines in the past, under the instruction of hospital doctors. They didn't work because she felt claustrophobic with the mask on. They tried a standard mask (don't know details, sorry) and one where she had to "bite" onto something.
She went into hospital last week for a few days observation, while they monitored her oxygen level and fitted her with a new machine and mask. She's determined to give this one a go but the mask simply doesn't fit. It blows onto her eyes, making her very uncomfortable and making sleeping hard.
Can anybody give advice here? I assume that the technicians at the hospital have given her the best fit of mask and also set the best levels of pressure. She's tried tightening the mask but it hurts her cheeks.
Her machine is a Remstar Bipap Auto. She thinks her mask is a medium because it has a large M on it.
I'm posting here on behalf of my mother who is a new CPAP machine user.
She has sleep apnea and has tried machines in the past, under the instruction of hospital doctors. They didn't work because she felt claustrophobic with the mask on. They tried a standard mask (don't know details, sorry) and one where she had to "bite" onto something.
She went into hospital last week for a few days observation, while they monitored her oxygen level and fitted her with a new machine and mask. She's determined to give this one a go but the mask simply doesn't fit. It blows onto her eyes, making her very uncomfortable and making sleeping hard.
Can anybody give advice here? I assume that the technicians at the hospital have given her the best fit of mask and also set the best levels of pressure. She's tried tightening the mask but it hurts her cheeks.
Her machine is a Remstar Bipap Auto. She thinks her mask is a medium because it has a large M on it.
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