has numerous undesirable effects on the body. Most pertinent to OSA are the obstructions to the airway which cigarette smoking causes: swelling of the mucous membrane in the nose swelling of the tissue in the throat and blockage of the small vessels in the lungs. Therefore add this to another list of reasons why you should stop this nasty habit.
Alcohol
It is the partial collapse of the airway (breathing tube between nose mouth and lungs) that is the immediate cause of snoring and its complete ...
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