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Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants? infants are obligatory nose breathers.
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Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants? infants are obligatory nose breathers.

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Nasal congestion is a severe problem in newborns, rather than developed aduts/adolescence.

This is because with newborns being extremely fragile beings, a nasal congestion can block the nasal respiratory pathways, resulting in suffocation.

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