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Shower with nose cannula
Hi everyone, hope you had a great day today. How do you guys wash your head and your face in the shower. Ever since I started using oxygen, I tried to use the oxygen in the shower but when it’s time to wash my head and my face I have to remove the nose cannula but by the time am done my breathing would be worse. Is there a way we can do shower with our nose cannula in our nose and water won’t get inside.
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4 Replies
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When you say your breathing gets worse, are you referring to shortness of breath or a decreasing oxygen saturation level?
This is one of the inconveniences of supplemental oxygen. If you require oxygen while you are showering, you might consider using a shower chair or bench. Sitting is usually less exertion than standing.
Sam…
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Hi I shower with it on and do hair and face as well. I stand with my back to water for my face and gently go around and under the sides of the cannula. I have also used in shower and just take it off briefly to wash face and hang cannula over faucet. You could also use a self attaching hook higher up that keeps water out of it. So many things we have done a certain way, have to be rethought. Good luck!
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It helped me to hang the hose down my back, rather than the front which was my habit during the rest of the day. That way the cannula would not be u dear my chin as I washed my face.
My experience was that the positive pressure of the air coming out of the hose kept water from going into the tube. I would never submerged it, but the splashes of shower water posed no problem for me.
I agree about a shower stool! Sometimes you just need to sit.
I was able to do away with the supplemental oxygen after my lung transplant last year, but I was on oxygen for a year and I know it is cumbersome to contend with. I wish you all the best!
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I use a Bench in the shower. Before you get in the shower turn your oxygen up. Get in shower and wet yourself then shampoo hair with cannula in giving you air. Soap up body and finally face with cannula out. Rinse face first then put cannula in and rinse your hair and body while seated . Stand with grab bar and rinse the rest. Dry while seated and walk out of shower . Lower oxygen after resuming normal breathing . Taking a shower is exhausting but after a few times you’ll get the routine down and it’ll be easier .
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