Stop Snoring Now! By Medimanage.com
‘You snore so loudly’, ‘Your snores keep me up the whole night’, ‘Your snores match that of Kumbharakaran!’ these statements are just some of the statements that snorers all around have to listen to on a daily basis. While these residential Kumbhakaran’s shoulder all the blame for their loud snore which keep others up all night, is it fair to place the entire blame on them?
Why do people snore?
People are often caught snoring away to glory, much to the dismay and chagrin of others. But sleep as we all know is a physiological state wherein the individual is completely or partially unconscious, thereby you can be assured that he or she isn’t snoring purposefully to invite your wrath!
There are many reasons why a person snores, but if you find that your partner or child has snored loudly for a better part of their lives, you better get them checked out by the doctor as it may point towards a sleeping disorder known as Sleep Apnea – Wherein the person stops breathing for around 10 seconds, which can prove to be fatal in some cases! However it should not be confused with snoring, as snoring is a relatively harmless condition while sleep apnea is a medical condition which deprives the body of oxygen and sleep which can lead to a weakened immune system.
Other reasons why a person snores:
Muscle Relaxants: Consumption of substances that promote muscle relaxation, prior to sleeping can turn the person sleeping next to you into a snore machine! Alcohol and drugs which cause drowsiness lead to muscle relaxation which includes the muscles of your throat. This relaxation of the throat muscles narrows the air passageway and also allows the tongue to relax which causes it to fall back towards the throat, further constricting the air passageway. Both of these reasons are enough to produce loud snores.
Cold or Sinus: People suffering from Cold or sinuses generally have a stuffy nose, this reduces the amount of air that can be inhaled through the nasal passage. To complement this reduction of air being inhaled, the individual beings pulling in air from his mouth, this leads to snoring.
Avoid dairy products: Avoid eating dairy products just before going to bed, as ice-creams, cheese, yogurt and curd can cause mucus build up in the throat which can narrow your air passageway leading to snoring.
Overweight: Overweight people have extra fatty tissues in their throats, which contribute towards making their air passageways narrower, it is this narrowing of the air passageways leads to snoring in them.
Asthma: Asthma or even smoking can lead to snoring due to constant irritation and subsequent narrowing of the air passageway, located in the throat.
Other physical conditions which can cause snoring in a person are a smaller jaw, longer tongue, large tonsils and the presence of a soft palate. While these reasons can surely cause snoring, no one can ignore the most common reason why people snore i.e. lying on the back while sleeping, which makes gravity pull the tongue and the jaw back towards the throat which in turn leads to snoring!
How do I get rid of the snorer beside me?
Before you raise you eyebrows, we are not asking you to get rid of the person sleeping beside you, instead we are merely shedding light on how you can get rid of the snoring in that person.
Following are a few ways to help prevent snoring,
Exercise: We know that you are wondering ‘what’s the connection here?’, but apparently exercise is a great snore stopper! In case you are still wondering here’s the connection – if you are overweight the extra fatty tissues around your throat can narrow your air passageway and lead to snoring. Exercising will not only help you lose weight and by virtue of it the extra fatty tissues around your throat, but it will also help you tone up your bodily muscles which will further prevent you from snoring.Sewing Tennis Balls Help: No, it isn’t a new kind of tennis ball in case you are wondering! What we are suggesting here is that, to prevent your sleeping partner from snoring it would help if you were to sew a tennis ball to the back of their pajamas. This would ensure that they wouldn’t lie on their backs and instead sleep on their sides, which in turn would prevent their throat muscles and tongue from relaxing and narrowing the air passageway, thereby preventing them from snoring. Steam and humidifiers: Make sure that your sleeping partner inhales steam or that you have a good humidifier installed in your room, as both of these will take care to decongest your sleeping partners nasal and throat passages and help prevent the snoring.
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