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How do you turn the pressure down on a Sleep Apnea Machine?
I have Sleep Apnea and need to adjust the air pressure on the machine. I have lost my insurance and can not afford to have it professionally adjusted. If you know how please answer this question. Thanks!
it depends on your machine, check the manual that it came with.
K
Jan C
This is set according the Doctor's instructions. Talk with him/her about it.
Big K
The pressure setting is determined by the sleep doctor that is optimal for the individual. If it is too high consult the people who sold it to you and they will likely suggest getting the doctor to retest you.
gmillioni
generally these units have a block built into them which can be by passed by a qualified therapist. however the pressure is part of a doctors prescription, so changing that is like needing a new prescription and a qualified person will only do it if a Rx exists. on the other hand there are some minor alterations the patient can make but each manufacterer and model even is a little different. i'd say just start pressing buttons, some one at a time, some two at a time, until you get messages that direct you to what you want to do. for the most part anything that is accessible by the patient is very limited so your not likely to cause yourself any dramatic problem. oh by the way some older style models have buttons in the back that can be changed but then you need to understand what you are changing when you mess with them.
bluenote
In my opinion, gmillioni has given you some bad advice and I would not follow it. The last thing you want to do is start pushing the buttons on your machine if you do not know what they are for or what it will do. The reason is because you do not know what the settings are that the doctor prescribed for you. That prescribed setting is the way your machine is set up right now. When you change those settings, you may not know how to get it back to the way it was before. There are also other settings that you may wind up changing and not even know it. For example, some machines can be changed for people who live in high altitudes. If you change this setting, the pressure on your machine can increase anywhere from 1 to 3 cmH20 and chances are, you wouldn't even know you changed this setting.
How do you know that the pressure on your machine should be lowered from it's current setting?
Rayne
There are 275,000 different kinds of machines... Ok, not really. But there are so many different kinds, you should include the make of machine. However, a lot of 'home machines' are locked in to a specific setting by the company and cannot be adjusted - without knowing how to unlock it.
And, why do you think the air pressure needs to be adjusted? Without a formal sleep study, it's almost impossible to know what pressure you need.
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