A question about breathing.

[Workingman]

I know that is a necessity for life, so I do it every day, but I have a question about it.

When I breathe through my nose it is very rarely that both sides work, it is usually one nostril or the other. Does anyone else find this or am I an evolutionary freak?

[saundra]

I'm ok on the right but left is a problem lol

[meriad]

unless one side is blocked because of hayfever or a cold then I breathe through both sides which I'd have thought is the norm?

[TheOstrich]

Just a thought - is one side a lot worse than t'other? Do you breathe through your mouth a lot? Might be nasal polyps ... usually treated by a steroid-based spray.

Alternatvely, try eating that banana rather than sticking it ......

[meriad]

[Rodo]

One nostril being blocked and sometimes the other one is an early symptom of rhinitis.

[Kaz]

Unless it has always been that way I would agree it is either nasal polyps or rhinitis.....

I have a deviated septum so mouth breathe pretty much all the time - that's what makes visits to the dentist a bit of a trial

[cruiser2]

My dentist is always telling me to breathe through my nose.
I don't know if it is anything to do with my breathing but I wake up in the night as I dribble from my mouth onto the pillow.

[moondancer]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php ... at-a-time/

[TheOstrich]

I don't know if it is anything to do with my breathing but I wake up in the night as I dribble from my mouth onto the pillow.

I suffer from that at times as well, Cruiser - I've always put it down to senility!