Sentences with phrase «airway muscles»

This relaxation of the upper airway muscles during sleep may decrease the size of the airway space and cause airflow limitation and turbulence.

One of those is poor regulation of the upper airway muscles by the brain, said co-lead author Dr. Phyllis Zee.

Airway muscles can contract, making it hard to breathe.

«The drug targets the brain and nerves that regulate the upper airway muscles.

A high concentration of 8 - iso is thought to increase airway responsiveness, and can increase the production of mucus and cause contraction of the airway muscles, making it difficult to breathe.

Another problem for smokers: as nicotine levels drop during sleep, the airway muscles start to go slack.

Apneas also tend to be worse when sleeping on the back, since gravity makes it more likely for the tongue to fall back over the airway and for the airway muscles and other tissues to collapse and block the airway.

First, excess mucus forms, the airway walls swell with inflammation and can actually ulcerate, and finally the airway muscles go into spasm leading to constriction.