CPAP Spring Travel Tips
No matter if you’re fond of traveling or love visiting exciting new places, always keep your CPAP device with you. Enjoying worldly adventures doesn’t mean you have to compromise on your health. Traveling the world with a CPAP is like an extra precaution that helps to save you from any severe consequences.
If you’re conscious about your health, you must take extra preparation of the CPAP machine along with you everywhere you go. Continuing your CPAP therapy while you’re out and about on the road is a necessity. Otherwise, even a little carelessness can make all your past progress go down the drain in a blink.¹
If you stop your CPAP therapy mid-treatment out of the blue, you may suffer from severe symptoms of sleep apnea. Such as
- Fatigue
- Headaches
What’s a CPAP Machine?
For some of you who are yet to benefit from the innovative CPAP technology, let’s see what it entails.
CPAP basically means a technology device that works on the principle of:
- Continuous
- Positive
- Airway
- P
The innovative machine provides a means to generate positive airway pressure used for effective ventilation. The machine comes in the form of a compact small size device that supports the patient’s respiration.
The mechanism through which the device works is based on maintaining a high ventilation pressure. The level of ventilation pressure is kept higher than that of the atmospheric pressure in the upper respiratory tract.²
How Does a CPAP Machine Benefit Your Spring Travels?
A majority of people avoid traveling because of their sleeping disorders caused by obstructive respiratory tract. This condition is known as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). It not only disturbs a person’s sleep but also restricts his breathing. Untreated sleep apnea often results in blockage or collapsing of throat muscles.³
A CPAP machine is a safe and sound method of managing your sleep apnea. The device helps to send a steady stream of pressurized air into your lungs preventing dry mouth. It helps to keep your air passage unrestricted so you can breathe normally even when you’re fast asleep.⁴
CPAP Machine Spring Travel Tips
Here are some important tips that can help you enjoy your spring travel to its maximum using CPAP machines for managing your sleep apnea.⁵
- Wherever you go, always keep your CPAP machine with you.
- Create a separate emergency travel bag filled with all the necessary parts of your CPAP device.
- Use the given dedicated case for placing your CPAP machine.
- Carry the case along whenever you’re traveling.
- Protect your CPAP machine from extensive heat or extreme wear and tear.
- Keep some necessary extra supplies as a spare.
- Keep your CPAP humidifier dry before packing it into the case.
- Detach the humidifier for a compact packing.
- Don’t forget to keep an extension cord with you, in case you run out of power at the time of emergency.
- Always keep an extra nose pillow inside the case.
Conclusion
The CPAP equipment is a high-tech device that’s liable to heat and corrosion damage. So, it’s important that you keep your device safe and protected at all times. Don’t let your kids or your pet go near the machine.⁶
References
- Chowdhury O, Wedderburn CJ, et al. 2012, CPAP review. Eur J Pediatr. 2012 Oct;171(10):1441-8.
- Duke T. 2014, CPAP: a guide for clinicians in developing countries. Paediatr Int Child Health. 2014 Feb;34(1):3-11.
- Hooper RG. 2020, CPAP Therapeutic Options for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Pragmat Obs Res. 2020 Jul 13;11:67-76.
- Pearse SG, Cowie MR, et at at. Sleep-disordered Breathing in Heart Failure. Eur Cardiol. 2015 Dec;10(2):89-94.
