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It’s actually normal.
Your nostrils cycle between like this so that the one can take a break from the air flow and mitigate drying out.Not only does it help from drying out, but it helps with smell too; some things are better detected with a slower airflow
Yep, there’s a reason our noses didn’t simply evolve into a singular hole in the middle of our faces
Two nostrils allows for stereo smells. If we only had one nostril, we would only be able to smell in mono.
Also just to add to the torture of these conversations … the inside of your lungs also have a certain ‘scent’ or ‘aroma’ to it. It’s very subtle and wouldn’t be noticeable to anyone else except for yourself because the exhaled air is coming straight out of your lungs and right past your nostrils and all its receptors. Your receptors can sense it but your brain automatically ignores it and you never notice.
The same goes for your vision … you have a natural blind spot in the center of your vision … the edges are not crisp and clean, you can only focus on about 10 percent of what you actually see in front of you, the rest is just blurry … your brain just automatically processes your entire vision and autogenerates a perceived image that makes us believe that we have crystal clear vision through our entire field of view.
Same goes with hearing … just about every person has a tiny bit of tinnitus, ringing of the ears but your brain just automatically processes it all out to make you think that you have crystal clear hearing.
When you think about it … all our senses are pretty imperfect and there is a lot of interference and nonsense data that our brain processes out to make us believe that we have perfect or near perfect vision, hearing and sense of smell.
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Hey that’s just part of becoming aware you’re a sentient being stuck in a weird meat vessel that’s just full of undebugged closed source code blobs.
If you’re slightly congested, it sucks more.
If you think about it too much about your breathing, it sucks.
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I just wanted to say these comments are off the chain. This is how the internet used to be- just people chatting, making jokes and telling stories.
I didn’t know hoe much I missed it.
Welcome to the Internet without corporate rot
I’m enjoying these brief moments of Lemmy before it becomes mainstream. Who knows maybe it never will which is kinda bad but also kinda good.
They actually switch every hour or so, so after two hours you should be back where you left off.
Fuck this post made me remember I was on automatic breathing and switched to manual, fuck
There’s a trick I learned for clearing a stuffy nose.
Place the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth. Then, place a finger on the bridge of your nose.
In very small motions, alternate between pushing up on the roof of your mouth, and then releasing that and pushing on the bridge of the nose. Use a gentle teeter-totter to rock the pallette. Repeat ten or so times and, within a few seconds, your nose will be open.
what do you mean with bridge of the nose? the boney part?
Right below the divide between nose and face, so about 3mm or so. In fact, if you press up on the roof of your mouth you’ll feel the spot on your nose very slightly rise up.
Essentially you’re rocking the soft palette up and down which flexes the sinuses and opens them up.
If you ever get to breathe through both at once: it hurts from the dryness.
This is me when I sleep or lie down but the nostril wall never comes down 😭
This is me when I sleep or lie down but the nostril wall never comes down 😭
Nostrils, when the walls fell.
Masturbation will clear you up for a bit.
You gotta snort some water up that nose and blow hard. sweet relieve
Mine gets like this depending on the amount of dairy I consume. It’s can be pretty clear most of the timesbut mmmmhmmm ice cream and cheese…
I would never claim to know what your body does but FYI there is a popular misconception that diary promotes snot. The idea is based on the magical principle that like attracts like, there’s no evidence for it.
I thought it was the dairy causes gastric reflux and that acid promotes snot.
That’s an interesting read (after Googling) , especially the studies. I would love to be one of those types that says “Fake News” to anything I don’t like, but the initial science seems to be there.
says “Fake News” to anything I don’t like,
Sorry if that seemed to be my intention. As I mentioned, all bodies are different and if you say that happens to you I’m perfectly willing to believe it.
However, there is also a common misunderstanding about this which seems relevant to mention.
the initial science seems to be there.
It is not.
“I’ve heard that you shouldn’t drink milk when you have a cold because it increases phlegm. Is this true?
Answer From Julie Baughn, M.D.
No. Drinking milk does not cause the body to make phlegm.” - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/expert-answers/phlegm/faq-20058015The no doubt reputable “livelovefruit.com” claims “Milk and Mucus: Why Dairy is The Major Cause of Your Phlegm, Mucus and Congestion Issues” and then spends several paragraphs railing against diary industry science before citing some tangential studies.
“Milk and dairy product intake was not associated with an increase in upper or lower respiratory tract symptoms of congestion or nasal secretion weight.” - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2154152/
"Excessive milk consumption has a long association with increased respiratory tract mucus production and asthma. Such an association cannot be explained using a conventional allergic paradigm and there is limited medical evidence showing causality. " - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19932941/
All good. When I said initial science I meant what you said with the studies not really seeing a rise due to milk.
I was taking a jab at those that yell fake news to anything they don’t like and they did their own research so I can’t do the same when there is science saying hey that’s probably not the case with the milk.
Thanks for pointing it out. I hadn’t seen those studies before.
My nostril generally gets blocked on the side closest to the person who’s spreading all the germs.
But I find you can sort it out if you tilt your head back slightly and point your nose up, then tilt to the side away from the blocked nostril. Once the blood starts to even out you can level out your head with both nostrils fairly clear.
This is so relatable.
My nostrils when I wake up are both of the closed-off ones
This is called the nasal cycle.
Use Flonase to help (need daily use for >= 4 weeks) If this doesn’t help enough, you should see an ENT.
Fun fact: the turbinates in the nose (which are responsible for the nasal cycle) have erectile tissue in them.
Source: your friendly neighborhood Otolaryngologist
Also fun fact: don’t follow medical advice given by strangers on the Internet that claim they are an expert
You can never verify that claim
So, you are saying I should follow medical advice by strangers in the Internet?
Only if they don’t claim they’re an expert.
