We all have one, some of us like them, some not, but they all provide the same function.

But do you use yours?

As time has moved on a lot of people have moved away from using their nose to breathe through in favor of using our mouths.

Big mistake!!

Why? You may say "But the air is still going to my lungs...so no harm done, right?"

Actually yes, you can damage your lungs by not using your nose, the reason being that you're bypassing the natural protection of the nose.

The 3 functions of the nose.

The nose provides a 3 different functions.

Warming the air.

The air should be warm on entering the lungs as the lungs can work better with warm air than cold air. Try going out on a cold morning and gulp down a few mouthfuls of air into your lungs and you'll soon find a tightening and sore sensation in your lungs.

If you have ever seen any pictures of ancient Stone Age man you'll have noticed that he had a very wide and flat nose. The reason for this being that he had a bigger surface area so he could heat up the cold air of those times before they entered his lungs.

Filtering the air.

We all know the importance of reducing the amount of dirt and debris entering the airways, especially if you have asthma. Any foreign bodies entering the airway can irritate your lungs and airways and could trigger an attack so the less entering the better.

The inside of the nose is covered in thousands of both visible and invisible hairs who's function is to catch any small pieces of dirt or anything else that it comes in contact with. To back up this system the nose also produces a coating of mucus to catch any debris that the hairs haven't caught.

Regulating the intake of oxygen.

Because of the difference in size of the openings in the nose compared to the mouth it's also very important to breathe through the nose, as mouth breathing can cause an uncontrolled level of oxygen to enter into the body, compared to the level of carbon dioxide. The levels have to be kept in the balance or a feeling of nausea and dizziness can happen.

We may think of Carbon dioxide as just a waste gas that's expelled after breathing and that it has no other purpose other than for plants and trees.

But because people with asthma usually a bad breathing technique and have a tendency to breathe shallowly and very rapidly (up to 12 breaths in one minute) this actually causes the levels of carbon dioxide to drop.

The body then responds by narrowing the blood vessels and airways to try to cling onto any carbon dioxide that's left and thus making it harder to breathe which then could bring on an asthma attack.

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Although some people that suffer from allergies, especially severe allergies, would say that they put limits on their lives the opposite could be true. Yet, your allergy could be protecting your life. It may seem hard to believe but people who suffer from allergies, rather than having their body that's overly sensitive actually have a body that working for them.

This seems to be the findings of researchers at New York's Cornell University who found that your allergy could be providing you with protection against a range of cancers. They found that a sign of an allergy could be a warning sign from the body to stay away from substances that were dangerous and need to be avoided.

Like your body having a spring clean, the physical symptoms of the body could be the body dispelling the toxins and carcinogenic particles out of the body. The researchers found that allergies of organs that have contact with the outside world (e.g. the skin, mouth, and digestive system) had a way of purging carcinogenic particles out of the body by eczema, fever, etc. But found that, organs that didn't have any outside contact like (e.g. the prostate breast etc) where not covered by the same protection of the bodies reaction to allergies.

The surprising findings of the study, was that link between asthma and high rates of lung cancer, although the organs of the lungs came in contact with the outside world the opposite seemed to be the case. Asthma was actually blocking the lungs from clearing any of these things out.

Finally, the finding of this study may make some people reconsider their thoughts on their allergy. Rather than covering up their symptoms with anti-histamine and allergy medicine they should look at the cause instead and avoid them rather than just masking up the effects and just carrying on with their lives.

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