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Which AC system is best for Bronchiectasis & MAC?
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@bayarea58 and @scoop
A thought came to me in that the Nurse Practitioner did not give me a reason why I should not to tape my mouth to keep it closed during sleep.
If I am reading it correctly you also, @bayarea, may not have been given a reason why the doctors said not to tape the mouth closed.
I wish I had asked "Why not, what harm does it do".
We breathe through our nose and the nose provides a filter. However as with other things it doesn't filter out everything.
The mouth has nothing to filter the air breathed in.
So yes, it would be good, nice, to understand, in general, why they say not to use the micropore tape to keep our mouth closed.
Barbara
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It's based on the Buteyko Breathing Method and you can read more here. Your results may vary, it has worked well for me. BTW, this article says nothing about mouth taping rather breathing through your nose with closed mouth. Bottom line it's about belly breathing.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/buteyko-breathing-8679885
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My recollection is that there is little to no research on mouth taping, and the patient populations that are specifically cautioned against it are those with heart or lung disease, gerd, sleep apnea. Low oxygen levels was one stated concern, I don’t recall the others off the top of my head but I do recall googling it and finding enough information to give me pause. I did read that sleeping position may matter, with sleeping on back or stomach viewed as possibly contributing to the mouth breathing, while sleeping on side was seen as potentially helpful. I try sleeping on side, for a variety of reasons, but always end up flat on my back. In general the medical consensus seems to be that one should find the reason they are mouth breathing and address the root cause. Again my dentist told me that my mouth breathing has to do with the structure of my sinuses which makes it harder to breath comfortably through my nose. His fix was to refer me to a specialist to crack open and widen my palate, among other things. It seemed kinda crazy at the time, but again that was before all the BE/MAC started and now the value of improving my nose breathing seems higher to me. I definitely need to get a 2nd (maybe 3rd) opinion.