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anyone else with diverticulitis has used Cpap for sleep apnea?

Posted by nealm @nealm, Sep 30, 2023

I have been using Cpap/Bipap macines for sleep apnea sporadically for 25 years. Not sure why I swallow air (aerophagia) while using the machine but it's enough to where I would wake in the middle of the night with gas pains and stomach bloating. I think it may have also contributed to my umbilical hernia. I stopped for some years and then was diagnosed with a-fib in 2019, which they think may be caused by sleep apnea, among other things. I started back on a Bipap machine, did not suffer stomach pain or bloating but a few months later ended up in the ER with diverticulitis (with a microperforation). Over the last 3 years I have a few minor episodes of diverticulitis and surgery has been mentioned. Since my episodes were in different areas of the colon, surgical removal may involve most or all of the colon.
I'm curious if anyone else with diverticulitis has used Cpap for sleep apnea? And did you experience aerophagia?

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gloaming | @gloaming | Feb 28 5:18pm
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@gloaming the problem is that Resmed had a redesign of the elbow that connects from the mask to the hose that I have a problem with.. I cannot exhale with this new elbow. But no one seems to want to take that into consideration.. I do have a sleep study scheduled and possibly switch my machine to a bipap machine instead of the cpap.

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@hollster339 Okay,, would you consider a new type/brand of mask? Instead of getting a new machine, maybe you just need a different mask connection.

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esmerelda | @esmerelda | Mar 16 5:28pm

I have a Barrett's Esophagus diagnosis (precancerous condition of lower esophagus caused by GERD) and my cpap gave me bloating/gas/stomach pain. I changed to bipap, and it was even worse until I got my doctor to turn down the pressure. Now it's ok, no bloating, and the doctor says it is as low a pressure as it will go 8/5 (or 5/8, I forget which) but I sometimes do not sleep as deeply as I would like.

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