Snoring Aids And Remedies

Why am I snoring

Snoring is basically creating uunpleasant noises most of the time at night while you are asleep which is caused mostly due to the obstruction of the free flow in the air we breathe. The obstruction is caused in the air passage, which is at the rear of the mouth and the nose, which ultimately doesn’t allow the proper amount of flow of the air while we breathe. The area where the flow of the air is not proper is the collapsible part of the airway where the upper throat and the tongue meet the uvula and the soft plate. Essentially these structures strike against each other, resulting in a vibrating structure.

Snoring cannot be viewed as a minor and not important problem as is often a serious problem. Snoring can cause several medical conditions, it can affect women during their pregnancy, it also causes sleepless nights where the roommate becomes very uncomfortable. Snoring also causes problems like sleep apnea.

A few of the causes of snoring are mentioned below:

Structural cause: Snoring may be caused due to problems like narrow jaws, having a large tongue, enlarged tonsils, adenoids which are enlarged, thick soft palate, crooked septum or even small nostrils. Snoring is can also be caused due to the tongue and the upper throat meeting the uvula and soft palate, blocking your air.

Outside causes: it includes all the factors, which affect an individual externally, nevertheless these are controllable.

These factors include allergies, consumption of alcohol, sedatives, and excessive and regular smoking, disruption of the normal sleep patterns, decrease in the lung capacities and an irregular lifestyle.

However, there are remedies available. Some include dental implants, drug, prescription or over the counter medication, and natural remedies.

Sleep Apnea: This occurs when the snorer stops or ceases to breathe for several seconds, which totally obstruct the breathing, this typeof obstruction is known as Sleep Apnea. Some of the most serious recorded episodes have lasted for ten seconds and these episodes occur more than seven times per hour. The affected snorer with this type of sleep apnea experience such episodes 30 to 300 times per night. These events are extremelyvery threatening for the individual.These events create several other disorders, elevated blood pressures and even enlargement of heart may occur.

Muscle tone of the tongue: The muscle of the tongue and the soft palate tend to become smaller during sleeping. These muscles of the tongue become more relaxed resulting in their collapse. This is a major cause of snoring. The soft tissues like the tonsils and tongue, which produces sounds, change the quality of snoring. Snoring is also affected by the position of sleeping. When you are laying on the back your tongue falls towards the throat and results in the blockage of the airway.

Blockage of airway: Any block of the airway results in obstruction, ultimately leading snoring. In children the chief reason of snoring is enlargement of tonsils and adenoids.

Age and other factors: Age is can also be one of the factors which contributes to snoring. In old age the muscles become weaker resulting in snoring.

For more information on snoring and aids and remedies, go to: Snoring Stop

- Dan Farrell