Snoring Causes And Remedy
Monday, September 12th, 2011Stertor in medical parlance, snoring occurs when the natural path of inspired air is obstructed by a relaxed soft palate and uvula during sleep. Snoring is also euphemized as ‘sawing logs.’ Snoring affects at least 30% of the population.
The narrowing of the airway during sleeping periods causes the stertor. This narrowing can be caused by several factors. Advanced age and the male gender are predisposing factors of stertor. Sleeping on your back, blocked sinuses or inflamed tonsils due to infective processes, fatty tissues due to increased weight, and poor muscle tone due to alcohol or certain medications all contribute to the production of stertor.
To some, snoring is considered benign and does not necessitate medical attention. This is a misconception as stertor or snoring can lead to potentially deadly complications. Snoring is often mentioned in the same breath as sleep apnea. Those suffering from sleep apnea wake up many times during their sleep without realizing it, and therefore often also present with excessive daytime sleepiness or morning headaches. Their partners are usually the first to notice the cyclical snore then snort or choke pattern. If not managed, sleep apnea can lead to cerebral hypoxia or brain injury due to low level of oxygen or worse, to death.
The kind of snoring cure that you can use is contingent upon the cause of the stertor. Obese individuals will greatly benefit from losing weight as this will also cause a decrease in the fat tissues surrounding the airway. Treating local inflammation, and smoking and drinking cessation will also decrease snoring. Companies have also manufactured snoring cures and these are widely available. An example of which is an anti snoring mouthpiece.
These appliances bring your lower jaw or your tongue forward in order to maintain an open airway even during sleep. One major criticism of anti snoring mouthpieces though is that if not properly fitted it can cause more problems than good. Another snoring cure is an anti snoring pillow. {Anti Snoring pillow prevent its users form lying on their back which causes the tongue to fall backward into the throat obstructing the airway.By forcing the body to assume a side lying position, there is less likelihood of a relaxed tongue causing airway obstruction during sleep.} Snoring not only affects the individual but those around him as well. Then again, it is never unmanageable.