Treatment of Nasal Mask Leak
11 tips to use CPAP machine for snoring : 4.Treatment of nasal mask leak
Nasal mask leak is the common problem in the using of CPAP machine for treatment of sleep apnea. The most intuitive feeling of patients the uncomfortable caused by cold stimulation from the contact area between nasal mask and skin. Leakage also allows the pressure within the nasal mask not reach a predetermined pressure to affect treatment. When the patient feel cool surrounding the nasal mask, proved to be leaking. Inappropriate use of the size of nasal mask, headband tightness inappropriate, up and down when the headband force imbalance will cause leakage. In addition, if nasal pressure measurement holes did not close the grille, there would be leakage.
The key to preventing leakage is to choose a size suitable nasal mask, elastic appropriate headband. Many patients mistakenly believe that the more compact headband, the more difficult to air leak, it is not true, the import cover of the cushion nose with strong flexibility, as long as the elastic fit, general difficult to leak, such as the nose below the drain cover gas, both may be related to the bottom of the headband is too loose, it may be too tight at the top of the headband, and sometimes just relax at the top of the headband can be appropriate to solve the problem.
Some patient with special facial shape, there may still have the occurrence of leakage after the treatment of above mentioned. Then you should pad a number of soft material between nasal mask and skin. Specific practices are as follows: cut a piece of thin, soft pad, an area slightly larger than the nasal mask, cut a triangle in the middle of the hole, so that the nose can pass through, thus making contact with nasal mask and the face was more tight-knit.
The old masks can also be cause gas leakage, nasal mask may be due to absorption of skin oils or continuous cleaning, conservation and the occurrence of poor aging, diminished elasticity, the life of silica gel nasal mask is generally 12 to 18 months, should be replaced.
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