Mouth breathing, dry air, and low water permeation promote inflammation, and activate neural pathways, by osmotic stresses acting on airway lining mucus
Respiratory disease and breathing abnormalities worsen with dehydration of the upper airways. We find that humidification of inhaled air occurs by evaporation of water over mucus lining the upper airways in such a way as to deliver an osmotic force on mucus, displacing it towards the epithelium. Thi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023-01-01
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| Series: | QRB Discovery |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2633289223000017/type/journal_article |