I can hardly breathe

[GrendelGegongan]

I am a 20 year old male with small, recessed jaws and a small palate. When I breathe through my nose I feel as though something is blocking my airway, I almost produce a snoring noise. When I sleep I breathe through my mouth and during my waking hours I am exhausted. Am I just imagining that choking feeling or could my jaws be so far back that they actually constrict my breathing even during waking hours.

Could bimaxillary advancement and SARPE help with this?

[JawKid7]

you probably have a deviated septum, speak to a doctor about it

[GrendelGegongan]

you probably have a deviated septum, speak to a doctor about it

Thanks I'll check it out, but doesn't the size of the maxilla and the position of the jaws affect your breathing. Something about your nasal base or something like that...

[molestrip]

You probably have enlarged turbinates. There may also be anatomical blockages. An ENT could scope and scan you for the answer. It sucks, we know.

[GrendelGegongan]

Thank you, I'll get the nose checked out. But the biggest blockage-sensation is happening further back in the throat, so I guess, from what I can gather, that it is anatomically possible that my airway is constricted as a result of my jaws' position and size

[molestrip]

It's possible to have an airway so small that it impairs breathing, even during the day. Aggravating factors would include normal head posture and inflammation, from reflux for example. I wouldn't suggest cutting you open entirely based on this description but it sounds like an issue that would be addressed by double jaw surgery. Widening can be handled several ways, I don't think we have any preferences here.

[dantheman]

The choking sensation could be due to displacement of the jaws. It could also be due to increased airway resistance when forcibly nasal breathing, causing partial collapse to your airway. There are many reasons for trouble breathing out of your nose, deviated septum and enlarged turbinates are quite common causes.

[GrendelGegongan]

Thanks for all the replies. I've also been experiencing a searing facial pain lately, could this be related to my jaws?

[Alue]

Thanks I'll check it out, but doesn't the size of the maxilla and the position of the jaws affect your breathing. Something about your nasal base or something like that...

Can be.  Do you have forward head posture by any chance? 

[GrendelGegongan]

Can be.  Do you have forward head posture by any chance?

yes I do

[Alue]

yes I do

I have the same too, narrowed airway, forward head posture, small recessed jaw.  It took me a long time to figure out they are (or can be) connected.  If I straighten up my head posture it seems like my airway is more restricted, I actually had scans that confirmed that it indeed is.  It depends on where the narrowest point of your airway is.  It's also possible you have a deviated septum.  There can be multiple things contributing.