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GreenWave

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1. I will say no due to the subtle differences when we go through from embryo to adult.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Fri Aug 18, 2023, 02:13 PM

Aug 2023

Arms are not exactly the same length and many other body parts that occur in pairs are not identical. So I would suspect the lungs have subtle differences too, but I am not a doctor nor did I spend time at the Holiday Inn Express.

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Pondering. When you breathe through your nose, does both nostrils take in the same amount of air? [View all] debm55 Aug 2023 OP

I will say no due to the subtle differences when we go through from embryo to adult. GreenWave Aug 2023 #1

HAHAHAHA, good answer, Just pondering. debm55 Aug 2023 #2

One or the other nostril is dominant Alice Kramden Aug 2023 #3

Wow, a dominant nostril. This is why I love this place! Learn something new everyday! debm55 Aug 2023 #8

Your local ENT Otolaryngologist can equalize them for you bucolic_frolic Aug 2023 #4

And of course if one side is stuffed from a cold. debm55 Aug 2023 #10

I know mine aren't.. I ran into a glass sliding door Deuxcents Aug 2023 #5

Does it hurt? debm55 Aug 2023 #14

Not anymore. When it happened, Deuxcents Aug 2023 #15

Only inhale thru left, exhale thru right... ret5hd Aug 2023 #6

You just made that up. debm55 Aug 2023 #11

Not with a deviated septum. LakeArenal Aug 2023 #7

See your point. debm55 Aug 2023 #12

No. Generally similar amounts, but never exactly the same Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2023 #9

Thank you and one side could be filled with snot from a cold. debm55 Aug 2023 #13

That could be a problem so I carry a Vicks Deuxcents Aug 2023 #16

Vicks never worked for me. When my nose is stuffed I become a mouth breather. debm55 Aug 2023 #17

🤗 Deuxcents Aug 2023 #18

Nostrils take turns throughout the day. 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #19