Snoring is a disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It usually affects men and those who are overweight. Although there are no definitive cures for this problem, adults suffering from light or occasional snoring may try some home remedies or even have surgery.
Why Snoring
Snoring is a common sleep disorder that affects millions of people around the world. 45% of normal adults snore at least occasionally, and 25% do so regularly. Problems with snoring is more common in men and overweight people, and usually worsens with age.
Snoring occurs when the flow is obstructed when the air passages get blocked. It’s noisy demonstration of the vibration caused by the clash between the soft palate and uvula when the air has to go through the back of the mouth and nose. Snoring is not a disease, but will greatly affect your rest and is a red flag that something is not working as it should.
People who snore may suffer from:
- Poor muscle tone in the throat and tongue. When muscles are too relaxed, either by ingestion of alcohol and sleep drugs, the tongue falls back into the airway. This can also happen during deep sleep.
- Excessive swelling of the throat tissues. Children with large tonsils and adenoids usually snore. Overweight people also swelling of the tissues of the neck.
- Obstructed nasal airways. A stuffy nose is needed to make an extra effort to allow air to circulate. This produces an exaggerated vacuum in the throat that causing snoring. Therefore, it only occurs when you have fever or when it is cold.
- Deformities of the nose. For example, a deformation of the nose that separates one nostril to another can also produce such an obstruction.
Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that increases the risk of cardiovascular death due to damage suffered by the body to remain deprived of oxygen and repeated at regular intervals during the break.
When the snoring persists
Snoring, which is so often taken lightly, is a serious problem. Doctors indicate that snoring raises blood pressure, the risk of heart attack, stroke, headache. Therefore it is desirable to address this problem that has only begun. Sometimes you have to remove a tonsil or adenoids, though this case is not common in adults and in others it is enough to reduce the consumption of alcohol and snuff, lose weight and correct sleep posture. If the problem persists, dentures can be tried various displacing the jaw forward to clear the air path. If this surgery is not good either, which explains one expert, “it is effective in 70% of cases, but in reality, snoring persists, although the sound is less annoying.”
In addition, radiofrequency or scalpel, are painful and can cause some problems, such as voice changes and alterations in fluids from the mouth and nose. It is a medium surgery has its risks.
If after many attempts, annoying snoring continue to disrupt the sleep of the person, is necessary to evaluate the existence of obstructive apnea, something that frequently occurs. It occurs when loud snoring is interrupted by frequent episodes of totally obstructed breathing. Serious episodes last more than ten seconds each and occur more than seven times per hour. The effect of obstructive sleep apnea is that people who snore are forced to sleep lightly and have his muscles tense to keep the flow of air into the lungs. After several years, this disorder can cause high blood pressure and enlargement of the heart.
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