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Cannulas, mouth breathing, Nostril dilators, and sleep!

I sleep with a cannula, as many of us here do, I imagine. My nasal passages are narrow, and are rarely so clear that I can comfortably breathe only through my nose. Has anyone tried nostril dilators (strips across the nose, or a device in the nose) with a cannula? What about flared cannula? I'm hoping to find a better way to get more oxygen through my nose!

  1. No, I haven't tried strips. I have two issues. One is the cannula moves when I do, so I wake up and it is half on one nose and I have to fix it. Either that or it is totally off my nose and laying there. Sometimes it is good. My nose runs a lot which makes it difficult. I have to stock up on tissues every week.

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