Some patients can experience a sore nose, throat, mouth dryness and nasal congestion when using ventilation. If this is the case then you could consider prescribing a humidifier (water chamber) which can be added to your  patients home ventilator machine.

A humidifier will add some heat and moisture to the air that the patient breathes and can make the therapy more comfortable and tolerable- this will help with the patients ability to use the ventilator as prescribed.

Warning

After using the humidifier, please advise the patient to allow the humidifier hot metal plate to cool for at least 15 minutes before removing the humidifier water chamber from the unit.