Every time you “breathe through your mouth”, you may lower your appearance and IQ

Yesterday

#Mouth breathing doesn’t just affect your appearance#

Topics on the hot search list

Attracted millions of netizens to watch

According to CCTV.com

Mouth breathing doesn’t just affect your appearance

It also affects memory

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To this

Many netizens were so scared that they immediately shut their mouths

So

What is mouth breathing?

What are the dangers of mouth breathing?

How to treat mouth breathing?

Let’s take a look together↓↓

01

What is mouth breathing?

According to an article written by Chen Jie from the Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, when people are quiet (such as sleeping), most of the airflow should pass through the nasal cavity, which is normal breathing. If the airflow passes through the mouth and exceeds a certain proportion (usually around 25% to 30%), it is mouth breathing, which is an abnormal breathing state; if the airflow passes through the mouth, it is severe mouth breathing.

Mouth breathing can be divided into obstructive mouth breathing, habitual mouth breathing, and anatomical mouth breathing. Obstructive mouth breathing can be caused by upper airway obstruction in any part. If mouth breathing still exists after the obstructive factors are removed, it is habitual mouth breathing. Anatomical mouth breathing is manifested by abnormal development of the jaws, short or defective upper lip, open mouth, and often accompanied by severe protrusion of the upper front teeth.

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Mouth breathing quietly takes away children's appearance and IQ

Wu Li'an, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Air Force Medical University Stomatological Hospital, wrote in the Doctor Channel of Health News that many parents have heard of the harm of mouth breathing to children. For example, it may cause children to snore when they sleep, affecting the quality of sleep; it may affect the development of children's faces, resulting in ugly faces; it may affect children's chewing function and hinder children's absorption of nutrients... But most parents may not know that mouth breathing may cause children to lose concentration and ultimately affect their academic performance. The harm of mouth breathing to children can be summarized in the following four points.

Causes children to lose concentration

Children who breathe through the mouth have insufficient blood oxygen saturation, which will gradually lead to long-term chronic hypoxia that affects the development of the central nervous system, causing distraction, memory loss, and even mental retardation.

Affects the growth and development of children

Children hold their breath and have interrupted sleep during sleep, which leads to a reduction in deep sleep time, making it difficult for growth hormone secretion to reach normal levels, thus affecting the growth and development of children.

Cause respiratory tract infection

The nasal cavity is the first line of defense for the respiratory tract, and it has the functions of heating, humidifying, and filtering the air. If you breathe through your mouth for a long time, the defense function of the nasal cavity will not be exerted, and the air will be directly inhaled into the lungs without being filtered, which can easily cause respiratory infections.

Affects facial appearance

Long-term mouth breathing causes the exhaled airflow to produce continuous thrust on the upper jaw, resulting in an adenoid facies appearance, manifested as a short, thick and upturned upper lip, hypertrophy of the lip muscles, sunken nasal root, atrophy of the nose wings, disappearance of the nasolabial groove, narrow dental arch, high arched palate, crowded teeth, protrusion of the upper front teeth, drooping mandible, and mandibular retrusion deformity, which seriously affect the beauty of the child's face.

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In addition, children who breathe through their mouths for a long time may experience symptoms such as red and swollen gums, dry mouth, daytime sleepiness, dark circles under the eyes, irritability, restlessness, hearing loss, plaque accumulation, and enlarged tonsils or adenoids, which may cause changes in the strength of the perioral muscles and affect the growth of teeth and jaws.

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Tips for correcting mouth breathing

Under the topic #Mouth breathing not only affects appearance#, some netizens said that it would be better to sleep with tape on.

However, according to @江苏新闻, recently, a 5-year-old boy in Changzhou often had a stuffy nose and loved to sleep with his mouth open. His parents bought a "sealing sticker" to make him sleep with his mouth closed, but the child had more difficulty breathing.

So, how can we scientifically "correct" mouth breathing? There are generally the following methods to correct mouth breathing.

Get treatment from a specialist

Go to the ENT department promptly to determine whether the cause of mouth breathing is rhinitis, enlarged tonsils, or enlarged adenoids, and develop an appropriate treatment plan, such as drug treatment or surgical resection.

Do closed mouth exercises regularly

Such as whistling, blowing a trumpet, eating lollipops (occasionally), chewing gum and blowing bubbles, etc., and using the tongue and cheek muscle movements to promote the cleanliness of the mouth and teeth.

During exercise, remember to "shut up"

During and after exercise, many people are accustomed to breathing heavily. At this time, try to convince yourself to close your mouth and breathe through your nose, and slowly change the habit of breathing through your mouth.

Dealing with mouth breathing

Don't let your guard down

Don't be blindly anxious

Seeking the right and scientific intervention plan

Don’t rush to seek medical treatment

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Source: Science and Technology Daily

◎ Science and Technology Daily Zhang Qiqi comprehensive report

Editor: Zhang Qiqi

Review: Yue Liang

Final judge: Wang Tingting

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