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How do you control CO2 levels from getting too high?

Lung Health | Last Active: Mar 25, 2023 | Replies (11)
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Hi Nancy,

They gave my husband the Aerobika OPEP which is a PEP device--it causes vibrations in the airway to loosen mucus. It works well. The RT in the hospital showed us how to hook it up to his nebulizer and he uses it with that. There are several research articles that show positive results.

Thanks for the link to the breather--that sounds like something that will be beneficial and that my husband would use. Ordering it right now!

Sherry (slt19)

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sbt19 | @sbt19 | Mar 24, 2023

Thank you for recommending James Nestor's book. Wish I had known some of what is in that book before all this happened. I also ordered the Breather, which my husband did not get the opportunity to use. He went in the hospital Monday and his CO2 arterial blood gas was 134 +(normal is 35-45). It was too high to measure--off the chart. He passed away yesterday.

I am taping my mouth shut when I sleep at night--I can see an improvement in the quality of my sleep.

Thank you for your help.
Sherry

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