Warm, moist air

[mranak]

I have asthma, allergies, etc.

I want a machine kind of like a CPAP but that delivers warm, moist air. Does such a machine exist? I guess it doesn't even need to be pressurized.

[Axl]

Warm and moist? Hmmm, have your doctor prescribe a daily 69 (soixante-neuf) treatment and show it to your girl... If it's precribed by a doctor and if you need it for your health....she can't refuse.... do you still want that machine now?


(Just kiddin' ... honoustly I can't help you with that)

[cpeil2]

Originally Posted by mranak

I have asthma, allergies, etc.

I want a machine kind of like a CPAP but that delivers warm, moist air. Does such a machine exist? I guess it doesn't even need to be pressurized.

An ultrasonic humidifier right by your bed, maybe?

[mranak]

Originally Posted by cpeil2

An ultrasonic humidifier right by your bed, maybe?

I doubt a vaporizer and put it next to the bed last year. I need a vaporizer with a mask. Cold, dry air is very bad for my asthma.

[earthdog]

Mranak,

You can get a heated humidifier added to your CPAP machine, assuming you're on CPAP. You can vary the amount of humidity that it produces. Too much and it condenses in the hose, and drips down your the back of your nasal passages. Here's mine: http://www.respironics.com/product_l...method=display The CPAP itself attaches to the flat black part behind the water resiviour.

[MANWHORE]

Move to the jungles of South America

[mranak]

No, I don't have a CPAP, although my physician has encouraged me to go to a sleep study. Been avoiding the cost more than anything, I think.

Did all of you guys with CPAPs have to do the sleep study thing?

thanks for the info earthdog. That heated humidifier looks like a work of beauty in my eyes.

Manwhore: Believe me, when the weather turns cold, I want to move further south.

[MANWHORE]

Originally Posted by mranak

No, I don't have a CPAP, although my physician has encouraged me to go to a sleep study. Been avoiding the cost more than anything, I think.

Did all of you guys with CPAPs have to do the sleep study thing?

thanks for the info earthdog. That heated humidifier looks like a work of beauty in my eyes.

Manwhore: Believe me, when the weather turns cold, I want to move further south.

I love the cold. My favorate month is OCT .. Well i guess i can say i like summer better because of all those girls in shorts and skirts but as far as weather goes,i like Oct because i love the cold breeze and it's nice to walk down the park with a girl or my wife .. either one that's around :-) .. I wear Tshirts in the winter. I get cold when i'm inside my house because i like to be warm when watching TV or just hanging out inside but outside i can hang out in the cold all day. .. we are going to the shore house in 2 weeks and we are going to go to the boardwalk and have some hot clam soup. yeah isn't that gay? Well i will have fun with who i am going to be with :-)

[cpeil2]

Originally Posted by MANWHORE

. . . yeah isn't that gay?

This thread's devolving. Might be time to shut it down.

[earthdog]

Originally Posted by mranak

Did all of you guys with CPAPs have to do the sleep study thing?

I believe so. I believe that you need a doctor's script to get a CPAP machine.

[mranak]

Originally Posted by earthdog

I believe so. I believe that you need a doctor's script to get a CPAP machine.

Well, there are online vendors that sell them without a prescription, but I won't go there.

I guess I was wondering if any physicians prescribed CPAP machines after simply hearing the symptoms and without a sleep study. Maybe even just a trial on a CPAP to see if the symptoms resolve.

[earthdog]

Originally Posted by mranak

Well, there are online vendors that sell them without a prescription, but I won't go there.

I guess I was wondering if any physicians prescribed CPAP machines after simply hearing the symptoms and without a sleep study. Maybe even just a trial on a CPAP to see if the symptoms resolve.

Not that I'm aware of. Your insurance doesn't cover a sleep study? In case it doesn't, a coworker who just made an appointment for a sleep study told me he was given the option of bringing a monitoring device home and wearing it for one night, vs. sleeping at the clinic. The monitoring device might be a lower cost option. This was from an independent sleep lab, not a hospital sleep lab.