Dry mouth after surgery caused from CPAP

[carlychloe2 106]

Good Morning I'm in the early stages of this process but I have been on my CPAP machine since June 2014. I have never experienced dry mouth and I use a full face mask and keep Water in the humidifier. For those who are experiencing dry mouth do you have a humidifier as part of your machine and do you keep water in it?

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From my understanding its not the humidifier so muce?as just sleeping with your moth open. I have thw humidifier set and still open my mouth while sleeping.

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[MsNat3 24]

From my understanding its not the humidifier so muce?as just sleeping with your moth open. I have thw humidifier set and still open my mouth while sleeping.

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What type of mask do you have?

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[Knight32206 9]

Yes it has a humidifier and I've definitely checked that off the list of possible causes. This only started right after my surgery. I pretty much keep constant dry mouth now anyhow but when I wake up its monstrously exaggerated! Woke up the other morning and my upper lip was literally curled in and stuck to my front gums!!! I had to laugh but it's getting out of hand! Just wondering if anyone else has the same problem.

I have the same problem. It's to the point I'm not using the CPAP abd doing another sleep study to see if I still need it

[hmills653 365]

Yes. I've been having trouble and taking it off at night because I'm like totally dry. Sometimes it even prevents me from falling asleep. I'll try increasing my humidity level and let you all know if it helps. I'm 2 weeks post op and sleeping like $h!t.

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[Cookie15 0]

Yes, I have severe dry mouth!!! I can't talk but a sentence or two before I need a drink. It's seriously embarrassing. My lip gets caught up on my teeth! I have been using Act toothpaste and Biotin spray, mouthwash and gel! Yes I use it all! I think the best though is the spray. So basically I always carry Water with me and tbd spray!

[greensleeves 20]

i was sleeved june 9th. i was diagnosed with sleep apnea a couple months before surgery and my nasal mask and CPAP have been fabulous. I've never had dry mouth in my life and never had it with the CPAP prior to surgery. However in the last few days I have been waking up in the middle of the night with the most severe dry mouth. I wondered if somehow the humidifier on my machine wasn't working but that does not seem to be the case. I'm not sure what the fix is, hopefully this is just one of those postop things that will slowly work itself out.