The closure of your mouth is closed is things of nightmares – but some people do it for themselves. In Try to sleep betterNo less.
Doctors say don’t do it.
Some say on social media it is a penetration for a more and better sleep to reduce snoring. The claims – which are not supported by science – take off in places like Tiktok, which are sometimes paid by people working in companies that sell relevant products.
“Studies behind the mouth tape are small, the benefits are modest and potential risks exist,” said Dr. Kimberly Hotchesson, neurologist and sleeping expert in Oregon Health. & University of Science. Some of these risks include making sleep disturbances such as sleep breathing, or even causing suffocation.
Experts say that breathing in adults is not a big health problem, but it is better to breathe through your nose. Your nose is a natural filtration system, besieged dust and other allergens before they can reach your lungs.
If you breathe with your mouth open at night, you can wake up with dry mouth and irritating throat, which can contribute to bad breathing and oral health problems. Oral breathing is also associated with more snoring.
But although breathing through your nose is better than breathing through your mouth, recording your mouth is closed not the best way to fix the problem.
There is no strong evidence that helps improve sleep. Some studies were conducted, most of which showed a little or non -existent effect, but they were young experts who say the conclusions should not be extracted from them.
Meanwhile, there are potential risks that must be avoided.
Dr. David Shuelman, a sleeping doctor at Emory University, said there are other things to try it, such as the described mouth pieces that can open the airway, or a CPAP machine. If you are a smoker or you have weight gain, for example, smoking and weight loss can help.
The safest way is to know the exact cause of breathing with your mouth, because there can be something else that happens.
You may breathe through your mouth because you have a sleep apnea, sleep disorder where breathing stops frequently and begins during sleep due to the dead end. The disorder is associated with both breathing and open snoring, and is usually treated with a CPAP machine.
“The reason for stopping breathing during sleep may be bad is that any decrease in the quality of sleep can affect you day after day or during your life,” said Dr. Brian Chen, a sleeping doctor at Cleveland Clinic. “Depending on how bad sleep, you may feel sleeping sleep or require more sleep.”
Shuelman says, the best thing to do is get a sleep test, some of them can be done at home. “It is always better to know,” he said. “And if you know that something happens and you choose not to continue the treatment, you know at least that you are making an educated decision.”
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