Does anyone have problems with throat closing up while sleeping?

@cahna2019

Have you had a sleep study done? In my case I am imagining it was caused as my airways collapsed due to sleep apnoea.

The mucus is probably asthma/bronchiestases.

I hope you can find a solution. I am still waiting on a specialist appointment.

I have had to take my own doctoring into my own hands. I had to find out what causes my breathing problems. Sore throat, not being able to breath and gasping for air. I have found that it is the air around me, that is making me sick. All the chemicals that are being pumped into the air either from stores I shop in or the chemically laden products that carry the FOREVER CHEMICALS, having people around me that wash their cloths in chemically scented detergent. All those things, like scents in laundry detergent, dryer sheets, or dryer products, perfume, cologne, hand lotion, shampoo hair cream, and the list goes on. I have to use FREE AND CLEAR products. Not unscented products because that means they are made the same but one more chemical was added to remove the scent.

@klancee47 - when my husband and I were dating, I had to politely ask him if he'd consider using another laundry detergent. I felt silly, but it was causing me so much allergy and asthma trouble to just be around him. He changed his detergent and all was well.

I don't know if this has been posted before, but at least half, maybe more, of us with chronic lung disease (including Bronchiectasis which I have) have sleep apnea. I learned this when my wonderfully proactive PCP recommended a sleep study after 2 years+ of worsening chronic fatigue despite treatment for other possibly related conditions. Sleep doctor agrees there is real likelihood & I'm waiting now for getting set up in Feb with a home study which she thinks will most likely be sufficient for diagnosis.
Some experts are now recommending that patients with bronchiectasis and other chronic lung conditions be routinely screened for sleep apnea.

@lvnl
Interesting...and would explain the fact that I don't meet any of the usual criteria for sleep apnoea...if that element has been overlooked in determining criteria.

Best of luck with your test and potential treatment.

Yes me too. But my cardiologist says the popularly "understood" criteria are very outdated. I am female & normal weight & don't have a "big neck."

@lisalucier OH I had to do that also. But I had to ask him not to use his cologne and laundry detergent and dryer sheets. After we married and combined house he really was kind enough to let me change everything he used that my MCS could not tolerate.

@drsharon

Just wanted to update you on the results of my sleep study received today, which was done with the dental splint in. I have no sleep apnoea diagnosis now with use of the splint. I am so happy about that!

The first sleep study was done after I had started sleeping on my back elevated because of reflux, then I had one done with my mouth taped, (dropped by about half), and now one with the dental splint.

I will paste below the average apnoeas per hour for each of the three sleep studies.

1. 43.9/hr
2. 21.8/hr (mouth taped)
3. 4.4/hr (splint)

No CPap for me. Hurrah!

@narelled23 Glad you received good news of not needing a CPAP. Would it be possible to explain what these numbers mean?

@scoop
There is a lot of data gathered, but this one is the average number of sleep apnoeas per hour. It is considered normal if under 5.