The effect of unilateral forced nostril breathing on sleep in healthy right-handed men: a preliminary report.
Deniz OzturkÖmer ArazElif Yilmazel UcarMetin AkgunPublished in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2018)
The nasal cycle has a significant impact on sleep which is reflected in sleep recordings. Our result supports that nasal obstructions, due to deviations, concha hypertrophy, or congestion/decongestion, might affect the physiology of respiration and sleep. Nasal obstruction should be taken into consideration when evaluating patients in sleep laboratories and further studies are required to elucidate the situation in the patients with nasal obstruction.