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Mouth breathing
Mouth breathing is a clinical finding where a person inhales and exhales through his mouth, either due to obstruction in your nasal airway or out of habit.
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How do you stop mouth breathing?
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I am worried about mouth breathing?
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How can I treat my mouth breathing?
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Is there a way to cure mouth breathing?
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Can there be problems with mouth breathing?
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Is mouth breathing hazardous to your health?
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What are any harmful effects of mouth breathing?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can there be problems linked to mouth breathing?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can you tell me how to stop mouth breathing at night?
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Can you tell me, are there problems with mouth breathing?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Mouth breathing?
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A 35-year old asked:
I like i'm not getting enough air. Is mouth-breathing actually considered a medical problem?
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A 44-year old asked:
Help docs! i'm worried about mouth breathing. How bad is it?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Could my long term mouth breathing and chest breathing cause my DCLO to be low at 69% ?
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A 40-year old asked:
Mouth breathing harmful on gums?
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A 42-year old asked:
What can I do to stop mouth breathing during sleep?
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A 46-year old asked:
What can I do about puffy gums from mouth breathing?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is it possible to get dry sockets through mouth breathing?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Whats the pathophysiology with mouth breathing and dry skin surrounding the mouth?
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A 40-year old male asked:
Is there a substantial advantage to nasal breathing and not mouth breathing during moderate/high intensity exercise? or its better but not huge?
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A 49-year old asked:
Could mouth breathing cause gingivitis?
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A 31-year old asked:
What can I do about mouth breathing and deviated septum?
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A 31-year old asked:
If i correct mouth breathing at 20 years old, will it also correct my overbite/overjet?
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A 45-year old male asked:
Does one lose more fluids from mouth breathing? I tend to need more water when I sleep breathing through my mouth.
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A 36-year old asked:
Does mouth breathing cause heart palpitation?
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A 21-year old male asked:
When I use my occlusion splint or night guard I keep mouth breathing whenever I use its becoming annoying can someone tell what to do to solve this?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Mild osa symptoms have been improving in 4 year old after encouraging daytime nose breathing v. Mouth. Is it possible mouth breathing is causing osa?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Is somnifix safe? Would you recommend? (The mouth breathing tape) I dont mouth breathe during the day only at night but my nose does sometimes feels clogged?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Does upper wisdom teeth cause mouth breathing?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Have flu type a. My voice is now gone! is that normal? Also, when mouth breathing. It feels like breathing through a straw, but not when nose breathing
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