Frequent yawning can be a sign of a serious illness. About this newspaper “News” – said neurologist Ekaterina Demyanovskaya, specialist of the Gemotest laboratory.
He noted that the average person yawns from seven to 23 times a day. First of all, yawning is necessary to quickly saturate the body with oxygen and thereby stimulate brain function. The doctor emphasized that this is why a person wants to yawn uncontrollably in a stuffy room, immediately after waking up, before going to bed or during a boring lesson. Under the influence of stress, breathing is involuntarily delayed, becomes more superficial, and the body compensates for the lack of oxygen with the help of a deep yawn.
Additionally, yawning helps improve thermoregulation and helps equalize the pressure balance in the ear cavity and nasopharynx.
Demyanovskaya warns that frequent and unreasonable yawning can signal a person’s serious illness, in particular, sleep apnea, in which a person involuntarily stops breathing for a while during a night’s sleep.
It was previously reported to create The areas of the brain responsible for contagious yawning.
Previously reportedHe said the woman yawned, could not close her mouth and was taken to hospital.
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Source: Gazeta
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