The one time I did a sleep study they said my oxygen dropped to 68% and I was in good health at age 49 and not taking any medicine. So yours may not be that bad.
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I would think your oxygen level would be a better indicator. they never told me my ahi but my oxygen was 67% the one time they checked, I was at a setting of 24 but have since came down to 21
iam talking about blowing up your body like a ballon with no way for the air to escape for 8hrs. Using bipap in alabama's atmosphere would mean pressure from the inside to the outside. Maybe in denver the bipap would suck all the guts out of me because it would be a vacuum compared to aptmosphere.
I had instant and severe leg edema from starting bipap. my pressure setting is 22. Of course the sleep doctor laughed at me and told me that theres no way for the air to get in any organs or cause this, but I told her I had proof that it can, and here it is. First off if the air cannot go any farther than the lungs then how do you explain gas coming out the opposite end of your body. just as air can enter your colon some of it also comes out as burbs. I also explained to the doctor how some peoples kidneys have chronic blood in them because they are more pourus than others. so yeah between kidneys, colons, stomachs and lungs; being pressurized to 22h20cm then I believe fluid can be pushed into your blood or legs. The human body was not designed to be pressurized to 22h20cm thousands of times a night. and no, after cardiogram and perfect blood pressure I don't believe that I developed heart failure the same night I started Bipap. I now wear diabetic socks to try to keep the swelling manageable and had to move up two sizes in work boots. but we are the ones laughing at the doctors for their ignorance. I think i will just laugh myself to the grave because theirs no going back to not being on bipap.
