Sleep apnea can be hard to live with. As well as disrupting sleep, it’s known to cause or contribute to serious health problems, including anxiety, depression, cardiorespiratory illness, hypertension, dementia2, and even a higher risk of sudden cardiac death3. Mouth breathing is a significant factor in the onset and persistence of sleep apnea, and it can make the problem more difficult to treat.

Studies have shown that a high proportion of CPAP non-compliance is due to mouth breathing4. When the mouth is open, air simply escapes rather than reaching the airways. When the mouth remains closed, you get the most from your CPAP and are better able to sleep.

The common way to encourage nose breathing with CPAP is to use a chinstrap. These can be uncomfortable, and they aren’t always effective. MYOTAPE provides a simple, gentle way to restore nasal breathing and ensure optimum CPAP function all night long. You’ll experience fewer awakenings and wake up feeling refreshed.

When your sleep is disrupted, everything becomes a bit more difficult. You wake up feeling irritable, it’s hard to concentrate, productivity drops, and stress levels rise. Health is compromised, and there are serious practical concerns, for example tired drivers are much more likely to have an accident5. Hypnotic sleep aids can help, but they can be habit forming and cause nasty side effects – they aren’t ideal long term.

The slow, deep breathing that you experience when you breathe through the nose helps adequate oxygen to reach the brain so you can think more clearly. It also activates the parasympathetic nervous system, triggering relaxation and reducing the hyper-arousal associated with insomnia. Long-term, regular, healthy sleep stabilizes the nervous system, bringing the body and mind back to a calmer state. MYOTAPE supports functional breathing, helping you to put poor quality sleep to bed, once and for all.

Asthma, rhinitis and inflammation go hand in hand, which is why so many people with respiratory illnesses experience nasal congestion. This creates a vicious cycle of mouth breathing, irritated airways, a blocked nose, and more mouth breathing.
Even if you don’t feel like your sleep is disturbed, if your nose is blocked because of allergies, asthma, or rhinitis, you are nearly twice as likely to experience moderate to severe sleep-disordered breathing.

If you have asthma, making the switch to nasal breathing can be life changing, with symptoms decreasing by as much as 50% within a fortnight. By using MYOTAPE to gently restore nasal breathing, you will experience a decrease in airway irritation
and nocturnal asthma symptoms.