Like many of you I get dry eyes from using my Cpap Mask. I have tried many styles of masks, but the smallest of breezes dry my peepers right out.

Has anyone come up with a good way to cover the eyes?

Try going to google and doing a search on them. I have several that only cost 6 dollars and totally cover my eyes.  I do it so the morning sunshine does not wake me up, but they should work equally for this purpose

Unless you have a anatomical abnormality of your tear ducts, your eyes should not be drying out.  If they are, then that means you have a leak and the leak needs to be corrected.

Vicki


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Friedrich must of had apnea.

Vicki wrote:

Unless you have a anatomical abnormality of your tear ducts, your eyes should not be drying out.  If they are, then that means you have a leak and the leak needs to be corrected.

Vicki

I have a very tall bridge. I am wondering about air being forced through my tear duct as well.

Do you feel air leaking out at the bridge of your nose when you put your hand up there?  Most of us can tell if air is going through our tear ducts.  I occasionally have had some strange thing happen to me and I can feel the air crackling through there.

Vicki


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That which does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich must of had apnea.

I agree with Vicki the only way air can get to your eyes is that the mask is leaking or you are having air leaking out the tear ducts. Do you know what your leak rate on your machine is? Do you hear a whistling sound coming from the mask at all? Mine does this when it leaks.


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mlwl2001 wrote:

I agree with Vicki the only way air can get to your eyes is that the mask is leaking or you are having air leaking out the tear ducts. Do you know what your leak rate on your machine is? Do you hear a whistling sound coming from the mask at all? Mine does this when it leaks.

I don't hear any leaks, but I feel it in the corner of my eye. It is a cold sensation and I believe I feel the tingling that air bubbles would make in the tear ducts. My mask is not displaying any leaks when my card is read. I tried tear gel last night and that worked pretty well. I also tried RoEzIt on the bridge of the mask.

I tried a full face mask a week ago. It was !@#! IMO.

Many of the posts are giving good advice.  Leaking seems to cause irration of the eyes. It also can dry out your lips.  I just wonder if a eye mask of some type would help you out or not.  Again, I use mine for different reasons than to fix your issue.  I use it to block out the light if I take a nap or I decide to sleep later.  Not sure if it would help to buy the light blocking eye mask for you are not, but it might we worth it just to have one for other reasons and see if it helps your problem.  My guess it that you should follow the advice of the other posts concerning leakage.  I have a 150 dollar resmed and it is designed to provide a better seal and does not leak as bad.  Another idea is to get a nasel pillow (Spelling ?).  It most likely will never leak.  I have both.