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Strange Flow (somewhat)
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Strange Flow (somewhat)
From time to time a stumble across that strange flow, lasting about five minutes:

   

My "usual" flow looks like this:

   

Is there anything to worry about? BTW, I feel fine (not to say finest) with my therapy, made me newborn.

Mike
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RE: Strange Flow (somewhat)
Expiratory mouth breathing. As long as it doesn't bother you (some people get sore throats or it wakes them up) you're fine.
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RE: Strange Flow (somewhat)
Allow my to disagree: my mouth was (safely) taped and there was no leak.  An expiratory mouth exhale looks (in my case) like this:

   

Usually I'll notice those expiratory mouth exhales if it occurs.

Mike
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RE: Strange Flow (somewhat)
In that case then, palatal prolapse.

https://sites.google.com/view/palatal-prolapse
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RE: Strange Flow (somewhat)
Thank you so much, that clears things up.

Mike
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