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Lars Knowles Lars Knowles
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5 months ago
There was a man named Mark Gleeson who had snoring problems caused by a nose injury. He put tampons up his nostrils to try and cure his snoring, and went to bed. He suffocated in his sleep. The coroner, Michael Burgess, said the tampons contributed to him suffocating.

If you believe that humans can breathe through their mouth during sleep, then why do you think the coroner said the tampons in his nostrils contributed to him suffocating during sleep?

He went to bed after the tampons were put up his nose, so he would've been breathing through his mouth as he drifted off to sleep.
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5 months ago
Nasal congestion can cause people to breath through their mouths while sleeping.

If this person's nose were blocked by a tampon, then they would be forced to breath through their mouths.

Why they died is a mystery, unless we had access to the autopsy report. Could be that it was lodged so deep that eventually it blocks even his ability to mouth breath.

https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=40791

Take a look at this image. It is possible that it made its was into the oropharynx.
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