snoring with mask on!!!!

[glezga]

how is this possible, what am i doing wrong? i had a few drinks last night and snored through my mask? maybe just having a drink?

cheers

Steve

[dravidio]

Mmm - I think it might be the drink. I don't know of course. I presume you have a bed partner who told you you were snoring. I sleep alone....so who knows?

[Tigers Fan]

Why not?

Hi glezga

Why wouldn't you snore with your mask on? Perfectly normal - to the extent that Respironics record a 'Vibratory Snore Index'.

The VSI may be increased by several factors - James helped me track mine down to strap tensions pushing my jaw further back into my throat, for instance. Laying on your back vs side. Alcohol relaxes the throat muscles - amongst others! - and worsens the causes of OSA and snoring.

Does this mean there is a case for increasing your PAP pressure after drinking?

TF

[James @ Intus]

Laying on your back vs side.

Defintely big effects on OSA!

Alcohol relaxes the throat muscles

Very true.

amongst others!

or should I say and

Does this mean there is a case for increasing your PAP pressure after drinking?

Which is why an APAP with a liberal range is such a great idea.

Some APAPs use snoring as an indicator/predictor for a breathing event like apnoea and will adjust the pressure accordingly. But if it's 'just snoring' there's little to worry about, aside from the noise.

I heard that with every Kg you drop in weight your tongue drops 5 grams in weight. Tongue size is also relevant to snoring and OSA.

[silvercarper]

I heard that with every Kg you drop in weight your tongue drops 5 grams in weight. Tongue size is also relevant to snoring and OSA.

So if I ever loose the 50 Kg I need to do then my tongue will be 250g lighter!!!!!!

[Tigers Fan]

Perspective

Hi silvercarper

A young woman friend of mine, mother of a five year old, of 'well nourished' appearance, weighs 57.6 kg - and, of course, believes she needs to lose weight.

So, roughly speaking, you are overweight by a whole human being! I'm overweight by more bags of sugar than go into a large rucksack - no wonder the stairs are such hard work! (35 kg)

TF

[Chipman]

Were you snoring on the intake or the out-take. In the past I snored on the intake which was bad. Now the intake snoring which was bad is fixed but I purr like a cat on the out-take some nights.
Try to catch yourself doing it to understand the problem.
I don't worry about it because I and my machine show it as some of my best nights.