I started Resmed airsense 10 cpap with the nasal pillow and within a few days my legs swelled up like a balloon. I went to my pcp and he ran me through every dr and test for months. I gained 40 pounds in 5 weeks and nothing had changed except the cpap. Diet, activity everything the same. After 7 months of cardiologist, endocrine, neurologist, gastric dr appointments my pcp’s parting words were stop eating more than you use. He did put me on lasix and I could tale it and not pee for 6 hours, swelling never went down ect. That was a year ago and I am still swollen. I went to a naturopath dr who tested for food allergies and sensitivities. He put me on an elimination diet which was basically vegan. No dairy, gluten, tomatoes, eggs, etc. for 2 weeks I lost nothing and actually gained 2 pounds. Then I came across a Mayo clinic discussion board about silicone allergies. A light bulb went off since my grandpa had a latex allergy. I encourage you to look up silicone allergy also. Many of the same issues…..back to the diet, 2 weeks no loss. I decided to cover all the silicone. Nothing will stick to it. I tried liquid bandage and different covering items and nothing worked. Even tried shrink wrapping paper. I finally used medical first aid tape and was able to get it to stick to itself and cover the silicone and at the same time seal to my nose. I just had to cut out the air holes. I lost 18 pounds that week! The swelling was gone! The next week I slept without it a few days but the wife didn’t get any sleep so I decided to try the regular nasal pillow and gained 10 pounds. I am now back to taping it. I will see how I do now. I believe it is a mix between an allergy to the plastics and possibly a change caused by the cpap with venous output due to pressure against the heart, but still working on figuring it out because dr’s don’t seem to be interested in finding out. Here is a couple places to look for symptoms.
https://www.caepv.org/can-you-be-allergic-to-silicone-implants/
https://www.thehealthboard.com/what-are-the-signs-of-an-allergic-reaction-to-silicone.htm
