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CPAP (Phillips recall) and Cancer
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Hello @danamh, Welcome to Connect. That is a good question to which none of us can answer. My best guess is it is a matter of logistics - the recall is only in the United States currently and it affects over 3 and half million users (read that somewhere). How many of those users bothered to register their device with the company, how many different providers are involved and since the recall was announced on June 14th, 2021 it hasn't been that long. It definitely is a design flaw. You can read about the recall and register your device with Philips here: https://www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/e/sleep/communications/src-update
I have not medical training but I would think if it was going to cause any kind of cancer it would be lung cancer or something similar. Is your husband still using the Philip's CPAP?
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@danamh Interesting handle I’m guessing we share the same first name. But I also have a Phillips Dream station and have registered for the recall. I figured it was something that would fail early and did not know why there was a recall. I continue to use mine and it seems to work fine. Now I happen on the recall from my supplier who had asked if I registered but didn’t say again why. So, my doctor's office has not contacted me and maybe I should investigate further. As a side note I don’t have my Thyroid anymore I lost due to a long-term medicine that damaged my thyroid so maybe I'm not as at risk at this point. I will inquire with the office to verify if I should be concerned. Ill update once I find out next week.
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He has stopped using it. We are looking at other alternatives at this point. Thank you for responding.