Reasons why women sleep with their mouths open

It is certainly not easy for us to pay attention to whether our mouth is open or closed when we sleep, but symptoms such as dry lips and uncomfortable throat after waking up are reminders that we slept with our mouth open. Many women also have this situation in daily life, so what are the reasons why women sleep with their mouths open? Let's take a look below.

1. Fever and cold

The first reason for falling asleep with your mouth open may be because of a cold or fever, or because of rhinitis that causes a blocked nose and you can only breathe through your lips. This situation requires immediate medical attention to improve the rhinitis or cold, otherwise it will lead to subconsciously sleeping with your lips open if you delay for a long time.

2. Sleeping position

We should pay attention to the height of our pillow when sleeping. If the pillow is too high, we will not be able to breathe well through our nose when sleeping, which will cause us to sleep with our lips open. In addition, sleeping on your back or stomach is more likely to make breathing difficult, while when lying on your side, the relaxed muscles tend to one side, which is less likely to block the breathing system.

3. Human obesity

People with obesity have thickened pharyngeal walls, thick soft palate, thick pharyngeal septum, widened tongue, and narrow pharyngeal cavity. Therefore, when you sleep, the pharyngeal muscles relax, the soft palate collapses, and the tongue falls back, which blocks the trachea and makes breathing difficult, causing you to sleep with your mouth open.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, obese people have a lot of water in their bodies, and their spleen is damp and their stomach is hot. Sleeping with their mouth open can effectively remove water from the body and reduce stomach heat. Wind overcomes dampness, and when the mouth is opened, wind will flow back and forth on the tongue, so obese people sleep with their mouth open.

4. Habitual Problems

The general breathing methods of people are divided into three types: nasal inhalation, nose-mouth mutual inhalation, and mouth breathing. Sometimes, some people will unconsciously develop the habit of mouth breathing. These people have unobstructed nostrils, but still breathe through their mouths. Over time, they develop the habit of mouth breathing, which causes them to sleep with their mouths open.

5. Causes of the disease

Allergic rhinitis, nasal diseases such as chronic rhinitis, nasal concha hypertrophy, nasal polyps, deviated nasal septum or sinusitis, etc., can cause partial or complete obstruction of the respiratory system and change to mouth breathing; tonsil hypertrophy, adenoids hyperplasia and other reasons may cause sleeping with the mouth open. It is recommended to see a doctor immediately for medication treatment in this case.