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Alas...I've been suffering from one of the bugs that goes around at this time of year. I'll not bore you with a list of symptoms, save one.
Often at night I am unable to breath through my nose. I wind up having to breath through my mouth, which results in poor sleep, and a painfully dry mouth and
throat.
The Mouth Mister is a small plastic hose attached to a pump and resovoir on one end, with the other end consisting of a valve small enough to be comfortable in your mouth overnight.
The valve has technology similar to that of a scuba regulator, but more easily triggered.
When you inhale the valve opens and allows the pump to deliver a small amount of fine mist into your mouth. When you exhale the valve closes.
This would keep the mouth and throat from drying out so much, aiding in better sleep and a faster recovery.
CPAP w/integrated mister/humidifier
http://www.cpapman.com/npb.html
Stop snoring and moisten your upper airway. Scroll down a bit to see the GoodKnight 420 Integrated Humidifier for CPAP. Hmm, 420? Wonder what else it delivers ;-) [bristolz, Dec 02 2005]
o.k. this might help!
http://www.apsara.c...oyoga/fvt/4_avp.htm
not sure I agree with all the alternate medical benefits that alternate breathing claims... [po, Dec 02 2005]
now would I lie to you?
http://users.wpi.ed...rchives/000508.html
there is a ton of interesting research on nasal cycles [po, Dec 03 2005]
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A few weeks ago I was mentally toying with a similar idea, but not for the purpose you're outlining here, but rather as a preventative measure in case of bird flu. But it looks like that bird has flown. |
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"But it looks like that bird has flown." <-- Watch out for birds wearing backpacks or leaving parcels unattended. |
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If you had fancy bridge work, your mouth could look like
San Francisco bay with the fog rolling in + |
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Theoretically this would stop you snoring, too. |
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I was trying to avoid the full headdress option of the CPAP setup...and I didn't want it to fill my mouth the way my scuba regulator does. |
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Don't get me wrong, I love my scuba gear, but I don't sleep in it. I was hoping to keep the hose diameter to a quarter-inch, and have the valve trigger by the airflow in and out of your mouth. |
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Air pressure differential might not be enough to trigger it - it may require something like little windmill vanes :-) |
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trivia moment - only one nostril is at work at any one time. |
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[xenxag], that would make a cool illustration... |
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[po] I'm not buying that one. If I rest my fingertips on my nostrils while breathing normally I can feel the equal draw on both nostrils simultaneously. Unless you have a different definition of "work" than I do. |
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its a fact bris! perhaps you happened on the cusp! |
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and of course you can *force* air though the resting nostril. |
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changes every two hours, I read somewhere... |
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try it again, one is more laboured than the other - try again after a few hours... |
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"Watch your mouth, mister!" (sorry - it's Friday) |
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Maybe I'm just cuspy as I have tried it again with the same results. |
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me - right nostril at present! |
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I suspect it's just YOU with the alternate nostril thing. |
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Perhaps [po] has one slightly-blocked nostril, and the other is compensating, in the manner of a non-limited-slip differential. |
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So, if she eases on her parking brake she can get power back to the other nostril? |
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Great idea, i have sympathy for you, i got the same problem right now. |
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You need a way to tickle your feet while you're asleep, [normzone]. I find it's hard for a sleeper to protest with an open mouth. |
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Well, [reensure], you design it and post it, and I'll take a look at it. Not sure I'm going to want to buy one, though. |
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The idea also has the added bonus of allowing all the spiders that drink from your open mouth while you are asleep to still have a place to go. |
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I tried the mirror/condensation test and... I get identical condensate results from both nostrils. I'm ambidextrous. Maybe that makes a difference? |
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