What happens when you sleep with your mouth open



Sleeping with the mouth open may cause pharyngeal mucous membrane irritation, adenoid face, the body is easy to fatigue and so on.

1. Pharyngeal mucosal irritation: there is dust in the air, germs, etc., sleeping with the mouth open to breathe without nasal filtration, these foreign bodies will cause stimulation of the pharyngeal mucosa, and the emergence of throat dryness, may also cause chronic pharyngolaryngitis.

2. Adenoid face: sleeping with mouth open and breathing will stimulate the adenoids, resulting in adenoid hypertrophy, the persistence of this situation will lead to the teeth become irregular and the upper incisors protrude to form buck teeth, which is manifested as adenoid face.

3. Easily fatigued: part of the population sleeps with their mouths open to breathe easily resulting in oral dryness, nasal breathing stagnation, which is likely to cause the body’s oxygen content is insufficient, leading to a decline in the quality of sleep and the body easily fatigued.

It is recommended that people with such conditions should change this habit to reduce its impact on the body.