[이데일리 이순용 기자] Mr. Lee, 56 years old, always drinks water first before going to bed. This is because she often wakes up because she is thirsty while she sleeps, and she has to drink water even after going to the bathroom. Her parents wondered why she always slept in her seat, and she herself was doing the same thing as she got older. If she wakes up in the middle of the night like this, she has a hard time falling back asleep, so she wakes up early and is always tired and lacking energy in the morning. As these symptoms recurred, she eventually went to a sleep clinic at the recommendation of her wife and underwent polysomnography. She was diagnosed with sleep-disordered breathing as the cause of her sleep problems, and after her positive airway pressure treatment, the symptoms disappeared.
Mouth breathing, which involves sleeping with your mouth open, dries out your mouth, forcing you to drink water when you wake up during sleep, and causing symptoms such as bad breath in the morning. It also causes sleep-related breathing disorders and reduces immune function.
Dr. Zhang He of Shandong University in China conducted a comparative analysis of 50 people with mouth breathing, including sleep apnea and snoring, and 50 people without symptoms, and announced that those with sleep breathing disorders have poor immune function. Patients with sleep apnea suffered from stress and systemic inflammation. Additionally, research has shown that 90% of people with chronic respiratory diseases practice mouth breathing while sleeping without realizing it.
Jin-gyu Han, director of the Seoul Sleep Center, said, “Breathing through the mouth during sleep is vulnerable to asthma, rhinitis, flu, etc. because there is no filtration system, but when you breathe through the nose, the hair and cilia in your nose act as a natural filter and act as a natural mask. “It is effective in preventing bacterial infections,” he said. “In particular, if patients suffering from asthma, bronchiectasis, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease develop complex breathing disorders with apnea, the risk may increase, so treatment is necessary.”
To prevent mouth breathing, you must first lose weight. Also, sleeping on your side while looking at the ceiling can cause your tongue to block the airway entrance, making oral breathing symptoms worse. Sleeping on your side is helpful.
◇ Oral breathing self-diagnosis checklist
1. Snoring.
2. I can’t wake up easily in the morning.
3. I feel thirsty after sleeping.
4. I can’t sleep deeply.
5. My lips are often dry.
6. I often go to the bathroom while sleeping.
2023-10-25 21:42:35
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