Jaw surgery and breathing

[videogamer2481]

Hello all,
I have always had a under bite all my life that was corrected when I was about 12 with a palate ex pander and braces. Now I am 26 and since then my Class III malocclusion has since come back and more. Ive seen two orthodontists and am scheduled to see a maxillofacial surgeon soon. Was told by the orthodontists that it is a skeletal and dental issue and surgery is needed. Hence the appointment to see the surgeon.
The issue is not just the jaw issues but I have been experiencing dramatic breathing issues that only started to make itself known in the past year but getting worse. Some of the symptoms include not even being able to take a full breathe at night and now even during the day. It all points to sleep apnea but I cannot find anything or anyone that has experienced these types of issues during the day. I am also experiencing white spots in my vision and dizziness at all times during the day.
Basically just wondering if anyone who has had this done had any similar issues beforehand and if the corrective surgery helped or eliminate these problems. Cheers, Videogamer

[Nozzelnut]

I'd first figure out the reasons for the spots and dizziness throughout the day. Definitely talk to your Dr about it; It could be a whole laundry list of things.

Could obstructive sleep apnea be involved? Maybe; a sleep study would be able to help with the diagnosis. A majority of OSA sufferers are sleepy throughout the day; some have heart issues, blood pressure issues, diabetic issues; kidney issues... OSA can effect a lot of different systems in the body.

I'd get the ball rolling with my primary care physician and take it from there.

[survenant]

I had trouble breathing through my nose before the jaw surgery. As I had had this problem all my life (or as long I can remember) I didn't mind it except that I snored a lot and probably had some mild sleep apnea.

Before the surgery I probably had 25% of the breathing capacity that I have now.

Right now I can breathe easily through my nose. The only issue, I seem to have developped allergies. My nose gets runny quite often.

[sirwired]

Jaw surgery also provided me the "missing link" enabling me to breathe freely through my nose. The jaw surgery took place after some serious re-plumbing was done to my nasal passages that helped, but was not a complete solution.

But if you believe you have sleep apnea, you really need to have a sleep study done as the first step. After that, you'd probably want to consult with an ENT to see if your breathing could be helped by something less drastic, like work on your septum or turbinates. (Unless of course you want the orthodontics/jaw surgery regardless, in which case there's no reason not to try that first.)

[BrooklynsOwn]

Seeing white spots like shooting stars is a sign of a possible stroke!

[herecticx]

yes stroke is a symptom of sleep apnea cause the brain is being starved of oxygen.

SLEEP APNEA KILLS.

[herecticx]

research buteyko breathing method

[mike888]

Are you sure that this is not cause by bad posture? i would guess that about 70pc of people have bad , forward posture, due to our sedentary lifestyles, and this impeded the natural flow into and out of your body.