2023-08-06 14:03:00
Do you feel like you are sleeping without closing your mouth? Experts have revealed the reasons for this habit
When you wake up, you are extremely thirsty and your throat has become dry during the night. No doubt, all through your sleepyou opened your mouth.
Why do you breathe through your mouth while you sleep?
Experts have carried out studies to find the reasons for this mania. Doctor Charles Ebert Jr provided some answers to the question in the newspaper HuffPost. “Even if the causes of these symptoms are multiple, their combination indicates that it is very likely that the person is chronically breathing through the mouth at night. underlines the director of the service of neurorhinology of the faculty of medicine of the UNC in North Carolina.
According to Professor Christine DeMason, the problem is in the jaw. She also pointed out that the phenomenon occurs especially when the person is immersed in deep sleep. “Mouth breathing can occur at any time of the night, but is more common during the deep stages of sleep, when people have less control over the muscles of the upper airways“, specifies the specialist in otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at the University of North Carolina.
It can also come from nasal problems or breathing problems during sleep.
Several hypotheses are put forward by specialists to explain the fact of sleep with your mouth open. Nose problems could have triggered it. “Other obstructions are anatomical and therefore more difficult to fight solo, such as a deviated nasal septum, nasal polyps or enlarged tonsils“, notes the medical director of ear, nose and throat allergy services at UNC School of Medicine.
Blood pressure medications and antidepressants and anti-inflammatories can also be the cause, according to Dr. Charles Ebert. Still according to this expert, the smoking may be the cause of a mouth breathing. The eminent specialist leans on the hypothesis that it is one of the consequences of the “last drink before going to sleep” who could “cause the muscles of the airways to relax, which further increases the risk of opening the mouth“.
Snoring, sleeping on your back…
And if that’s one of the reasons is the snoring ? Doctor Mitchell Levine validates this theory. “Sleep disordered breathing is caused by a combination of obstruction and other physiological processes that occur too slowly, too irregularly, or do not occur during sleep“, remarks the associate professor of orthodontics
Are you used to lying on your back? Abandon this routine as soon as possible and this will allow you to no longer open your mouth during your sleep. Doctor Christine DeMason gave clear explanations on the subject. “You’re even more likely to breathe through your mouth at night if you sleep on your back.”“, analyzes the assistant professor of otolaryngology at the medical school in the United States.
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