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Just Chat! / Re: Man suffocates to death from blocked nose during sleep.
« on: 14/10/2023 07:57:35 »
Yes and no! Chronic sleep apnea (signalled by persistent loud snoring) is associated with cardiovascular insufficiency and symptomatic heart disease, and mouth breathing can be obstructed when unconscious (hence the need to clear the tongue when starting artificial respiration) so it is quite possible that the guy may indeed have suffocated, particularly if he had taken any sedative medication (including alcohol) that suppressed his gag reflex.
So it's quite likely to be an indirect effect of acute nasal restriction exacerbating a chronic condition. There are plenty of cases where chronic apnea is associated with sudden death when asleep, but the opinion varies as to precise causality.
So it's quite likely to be an indirect effect of acute nasal restriction exacerbating a chronic condition. There are plenty of cases where chronic apnea is associated with sudden death when asleep, but the opinion varies as to precise causality.
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