Cleaning Your CPAP is incredibly important because colonies of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and pathogens like MRSA can live and thrive in the mask and hoses.
United States of America (Press Release) October 27, 2007 --
Patients who use their CPAP regularly know how important it is to keep the mask and hoses impeccably clean to prevent bacteria and fungal growths from blowing into their sinus cavities and lungs. Sinus infections are not uncommon in CPAP users.
There are a comfortable oral appliances that can replace CPAP for many patients. They are considered a first line treatment by the Amerian Academy of Sleep Medicine for mild to moderate sleep apnea and an alternative to CPAP for severe apnea for patients who cannot wear or refuse to use CPAP.
Sleep and Health Journal has a great article comparing oral appliances to CPAP. Copy and paste to view:
http://sleepandhealth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130&tid=22
http://sleepandhealth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=280&tid=22
Traveling with CPAP has never been easy and has recently become harder due to new TSA RULES. The TSA now treats cpap like laptop computers and they must be removed from their case and placed in the dirty plastic boxes where shoes are placed. Dr Shapira suggests placing your masks and hoses as well as your CPAP machine in ziplock baggies to keep them clean.
Dr Shapira is calling on airines to start providing distilled water bottles to CPAP users as they leave the plane. This easy and inexpensive act would help cpap users. Especially the business traveler who does not check any luggage and cannot take distilled water on the plane.
Contact Dr Shapira at his Gurnee, Illinois office 847-623-5530 or toll free at 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK or go to WWW.IHATECPAP.COM
There are a comfortable oral appliances that can replace CPAP for many patients. They are considered a first line treatment by the Amerian Academy of Sleep Medicine for mild to moderate sleep apnea and an alternative to CPAP for severe apnea for patients who cannot wear or refuse to use CPAP.
Sleep and Health Journal has a great article comparing oral appliances to CPAP. Copy and paste to view:
http://sleepandhealth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130&tid=22
http://sleepandhealth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=280&tid=22
Traveling with CPAP has never been easy and has recently become harder due to new TSA RULES. The TSA now treats cpap like laptop computers and they must be removed from their case and placed in the dirty plastic boxes where shoes are placed. Dr Shapira suggests placing your masks and hoses as well as your CPAP machine in ziplock baggies to keep them clean.
Dr Shapira is calling on airines to start providing distilled water bottles to CPAP users as they leave the plane. This easy and inexpensive act would help cpap users. Especially the business traveler who does not check any luggage and cannot take distilled water on the plane.
Contact Dr Shapira at his Gurnee, Illinois office 847-623-5530 or toll free at 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK or go to WWW.IHATECPAP.COM
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