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First post CPAP cold

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So far so good.  The day before I was leaving for my trip to the TSA conference, I developed a runny nose, sore scratchy throat and stuffed up head- my classical cold symptoms.  CPAP with heated humidity kept the airways moist and open enough to breathe, letting me sleep all night. It minimized the damage, let me enjoy the weekend without the usual secondary infections I get after a cold.  I’m still sneezing and blowing my nose, but I don’t feel sick and haven’t gotten my usual cough, bronchitis or pneumonia.  I can understand how CPAP could help avoid sinus infections, but I thought preventing bronchial asthma and bronchitis is asking too much.  I will be delighted if I could go through a winter without these! Judy

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raises hand!….. me too ! ! ! i had chronic bronchitis for over 40 yrs…… and the additional bouts of pneumonia thrown in for good measure (until i got the pneumonia vaccine!) in the past, i would wake up with sniffles……. if they developed into anything more by 10 am i was on the phone to the Dr……. by noon i would feel like total cr**……… and by 4:30 when i saw the Dr i would be into full bronchial or pneumatic wheeze…………… NOT a good site at all since CPAP…….. crank up the humidity, take a decongestant, and KNOW that i’ll be over this in 72 hours……….. i LOVE my heated humidifier! kate "Judy Simon" <hurricane.j…@verizon.net

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So far so good.  The day before I was leaving for my trip to the TSA conference, I developed a runny nose, sore scratchy throat and stuffed up head- my classical cold symptoms.  CPAP with heated humidity kept the airways moist and open enough to breathe, letting me sleep all night. It minimized the damage, let me enjoy the weekend without the usual secondary infections I get after a cold.  I’m still sneezing and blowing my nose, but I don’t feel sick and haven’t gotten my usual cough, bronchitis or pneumonia.  I can understand how CPAP could help avoid sinus infections, but I thought preventing bronchial asthma and bronchitis is asking too much.  I will be delighted if I could go through a winter without these! Judy

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This is really amazing, Kate!  I wouldn’t have believed it if I didn’t experience it myself.  This is the first time in my life that I have ever slept through the night with a cold, without getting up coughing and gagging.  HHHH rules!    (that’s Hoover Head with Heated Humidity) Judy – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Tiger Lily wrote:

raises hand!….. me too ! ! ! i had chronic bronchitis for over 40 yrs…… and the additional bouts of pneumonia thrown in for good measure (until i got the pneumonia vaccine!) in the past, i would wake up with sniffles……. if they developed into anything more by 10 am i was on the phone to the Dr……. by noon i would feel like total cr**……… and by 4:30 when i saw the Dr i would be into full bronchial or pneumatic wheeze…………… NOT a good site at all since CPAP…….. crank up the humidity, take a decongestant, and KNOW that i’ll be over this in 72 hours……….. i LOVE my heated humidifier! kate "Judy Simon" <hurricane.j…@verizon.net wrote in message news:3DC563C3.7060608@verizon.net… So far so good.  The day before I was leaving for my trip to the TSA conference, I developed a runny nose, sore scratchy throat and stuffed up head- my classical cold symptoms.  CPAP with heated humidity kept the airways moist and open enough to breathe, letting me sleep all night. It minimized the damage, let me enjoy the weekend without the usual secondary infections I get after a cold.  I’m still sneezing and blowing my nose, but I don’t feel sick and haven’t gotten my usual cough, bronchitis or pneumonia.  I can understand how CPAP could help avoid sinus infections, but I thought preventing bronchial asthma and bronchitis is asking too much.  I will be delighted if I could go through a winter without these! Judy

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