Social media fad of mouth taping during sleep may pose severe risks: Researchers
Do you follow the social media trend of taping mouth while sleeping to help breathe from the nose instead of mouth? Beware, it could pose serious asphyxiation risks.
Asphyxiation is a condition where oxygen is deficient in the body, often leading to impaired breathing or suffocation.
When the nasal passages are blocked, breathing switches from the nose to the mouth. Mouth breathing has been linked to sleep-disordered breathing, which includes conditions ranging from snoring to obstructive sleep apnoea, where breathing stops and starts frequently during sleep.
However, a recent trend amplified by social media has some people taping their mouths shut at night to treat sleep-disordered breathing by preventing mouth breathing.
Mouth taping has been recommended by many social media influenc...
