Breathing through the mouth can harm health

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By having a flu most people often experience nasal congestion and they have to breathe through your mouth Forcibly, but under normal conditions it should not be breathed through the mouth, as it can be dangerous to health.

In the short term, breathing through the mouth can cause dryness, bad breath and impairs rest, which worsens over time, since this type of breathing can interfere with the tonsils and adenoids, so it will cause a blockage of the upper airwayssay the specialists.

When we take oxygen through the nose, it passes through the mucous membrane and is produced in the sinus. nitric oxide that the body needs for the functioning of smooth musclessuch as the heart and blood vessels.

But when breathing through the mouth, the blood does not receive all the oxygen it needs to function properly, not producing the correct oxygenation at the cellular level, for this reason it is believed that breathing through the mouth is usually the cause or root of health problems and behaviors that are often ignored, especially in school-age children.

Children who often breathe through their mouths feel more tired, irritable and unable to concentrate in school, and can be diagnosed as hyperactiveIn addition, according to the latest research, children can change the shape of their face.

If the habit of breathing through the mouth is severe, the child may develop what is called long face syndrome, which is a narrow face and facial features that are not attractive.

In addition, this syndrome also causes tonsils become inflamed, which can occur in adults, but more often happens in children.

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