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Some people claim taping your mouth shut helps you sleep better—but what are the risks?
(www.nationalgeographic.com)
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Article is sign-up walled. Can anyone post the potential health problems? I’ve been considering this because I noticed it does help stop snoring if my mouth is closed because it forces me to breathe through my nose.
Edit: Huh, why all the downvotes? I’m just asking if anyone can paste the potential health problems stated in the article because it’s asking you to sign up just to read it.
https://archive.ph/20240913210359/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mouth-tape-sleeping-hygiene-hacks-social-media
Potential health problems of mouth breathing or taping to combat mouth breathing? From my reading it sounds like if you have any kind of respiratory condition - asthma, sleep apnea, even allergies then it could be risky.
(I can rarely get congested to the point of not being able to get enough air through my nose in the middle of the night without warning so I feel like I could suffocate if I tried this, plus most nights I'm able to nose breathe most of the time anyway)
Thanks! Yeah, sounds like it can be an issue if you already have existing sleeping or breathing issues. I personally don’t have any of that and was just thinking about it to combat my occasional light snoring. Still not doing it though because I do sometimes get congestion (one nostril at a time) and completely shutting off the mouth will definitely make it harder to breathe.