Humidifier Reviews

Apnea is a medical condition which results in the arrest of a person’s breathing due to nasal passage way sealing during sleep. This deprives a person with oxygen that causes sleep disturbance that often times lead to serious conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, strokes and cardiac arrest. It is also one of the causes of irritability and constant fatigue.

CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is a therapeutic means of providing constant airflow to hold the nasal airway passage open for effective and uninterrupted breathing. CPAP therapy may cause irritation into the nasal passageway, with resulting dryness and bleeding. As an irritant, the CPAP application may produce periodic sneezing, excess mucous, swelling and congestion. To reduce these symptoms, CPAP humidifiers are needed to add moisture into the nasal passageways which effectively reduce these irritable conditions. Stated simply, CPAP humidifiers are important adjunct to a successful CPAP therapy.

CPAP humidifiers work by utilizing heat to produce moisture. The heat can be adjustable to the desired moisture level. Greater compliance to CPAP therapy is reported when a CPAP humidifier is used as an adjunct to the CPAP treatment. With CPAP humidifier, a passover humidifier is used to bring moisture to the CPAP and reduce dryness and irritation to the nasal passageways. Air passes from the CPAP unit then into a short hose going to the CPAP humidifier to pick up some moisture and bring it along as it goes directly to the mask worn by an apneic person.

Some of the best rated CPAP humidifiers worth mentioning are as follows:

1. The M Series Heated CPAP Humidifier is an unobtrusive unit that is integrated with any Respironics M series and CPAP machines.

2. The GoodKnight H2O Heated CPAP Humidifier is excellent in persons suffering from upper airway dryness. With good CPAP treatment compliance, it adds moisture to prevent dryness of mouth and throat. It comes with Humid Control Feature for a constant temperature between air and water to keep a constant humidification to air all throughout the night.
3. The REMstar Heated CPAP Humidifier is tubeless that uses only a rubber coupler secured between the water chamber and the CPAP. It has a status light that shows when the unit is on or off.
4. The Zzz-PAP ‘Silent Traveler’ CPAP Humidifier is the smallest and compact CPAP humidifier best for traveling. It also has humidity temperature control and adjustable heating level.
5. The LX Oasis Passover CPAP Humidifier best provides comfort with CPAP therapy compared to other Passover humidifiers. Its 2-part designs provide easy cleaning convenience.
The CPAP humidifiers are perfect in supporting the CPAP therapy administration for an effective and significant relief during the CPAP therapy process.

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