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A 27-year-old male asked:

good day, i have a deviated septum from that i can remember and i am struggling to sleep as i am a mouth breather and my throat and mouth gets extremely dry and i wake up multiple times during the night to drink water... any advice or op?

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Dr. Elizabeth Finley-Belgrad answered

Child Psychiatry 34 years experience

Sleep study: Consider discussing a sleep study with PCP .

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