Shut Your Mouth And Save Your Breath
from The Blue Mountains Gazette, Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Are you and your loved ones healthy nose breathers or do you chronically breathe through the mouth?Waking or sleeping, mouth breathing is a highly dangerous practice that results in an enormous range of physical symptoms. Try this list for starters :-
headache, elongated face, malocclusion, anterior open bite (how much do you want to spend on orthodontia & braces?), temporomandibular joint dysfunction (jaw out of alignment), reduced dental arch space (increased need for tooth extraction), loss of lip tone - with the lips becoming larger and more flaccid, gum disease (which may lead to heart disease), dental decay, dry mouth and throat, increased allergen/airborne infection entry to lungs (cold and flu), chronic tonsil swelling, enlarged adenoids, polyps, noisy breathing, noisy eating, bad breath, snoring, apnea, greater potential for relapse of orthodontic corrections (wasted money), increased mucous production, overbreathing and hypocapnia (low carbon dioxide levels in the body).
The last item on the afore mentioned list has the serious consequences of :-
If any of the above list is a problem in your family then contact Jennifer Harris on 0414 833 857. There is a solution to the problem. Learn how to breathe correctly.
Jennifer is a practitioner member of the Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Health (B.I.B.H.) and will be happy to guide you on the road to good breathing and better health. There are no course fees. Payment is on a consultation basis.