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mouth breathing

Etiology: - behavioral adaptation to increase air intake during exercise - mouth breathing is abnormal during rest - nasal congestion or other nasal obstruction Complications: - gingivitis, halitosis, especially upon waking if mouth breathing occurs during sleep Notes: - human infants are sometimes considered obligate nasal breathers

General

respiration (breathing) sign/symptom

References

  1. Wikipedia: Mouth breathing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth_breathing