their attempt to return to their unflexed state holds the nasal passages of the nose open this allows unobstructed breathing and aids in keeping contact between tube 38 and the delicate tissues inside nose 36 to a minimum referring now to fig4 and 5 a further embodiment of a nasal tube holder generally designated 120 is illustrated referring specifically to fig5 nasal tube holder 120 is generally comprised of a nasal dilator 122 and a tube holding portion 123 depending therefrom nasal dilator 122 has an elongate shape for bridging the human nose with opposing ends 124 and 125 which are engagable to opposing sides of the nose tube holding portion 123 includes a strip 127 depending generally perpendicularly from nasal dilator 122 and terminating in a pair of parallel spaced apart elongate pads 128 and 129 having a longitudinal axis generally parallel to strip 127 and perpendicular to nasal dilator 122 with additional reference to fig4 nasal tube holder 120 is composed of three principle layers a thin flexible body 130 an adhesive backing 131 and a biasing member 132 tube holding portion 123 is preferably integrally formed with nasal dilator 122 in this embodiment this is accomplished by thin flexible body member 130 body member 130 is formed of a flexible and breathable material such as gauze and includes an elongate portion 135 forming a portion of nasal dilator 122 and an elongate strip.