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Unless there us an associated disorder or disease that a high pressure might exacerbate, no. People who play wind instruments professionally or as avid enthusiasts do so for decades and don't seem to have lung issues. I think of oboists, clarinetists....bagpipe players whose arms squeeze the bags forcefully, which causes a lot of backpressure against the mouthpiece....nope, very few reports of distended lungs beyond what is 'normal' for such instrumentalists.

In fact, even the highest pressures of CPAP are less than that required to blow against a reed and to get it vibrating in a controlled way that playing a clarinet would require....to keep being invited back with pay. 😀

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I use a cpap and think the pressure only stimulates you to take a breath through nose/mouth or both and doesn’t force pressure directly through your trachea into your lungs. I am relaxed when breathing through my cpap and don’t feel like the machine is blowing up my lungs like a balloon.