The causes of snoring and fighting with it
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Snoring - a thing unpleasant and sometimes dangerous. In addition, snoring prevents resting close people, because for a complete rest a person needs three things - a comfortable bed, a dark, ventilated room and silence, to which close people of a snoring person are just deprived.
Statistics show that there are more than 50% of women and 70% of snoring men in their 30s.
Everyone will agree that it is not easy to fall asleep when you are sleeping in the same room with a snoring person. What only the household do not do to sleep properly: they push the snoring, and hoot, and ears caulk and finally give up, being defeated leaving to sleep in another room.
Of course, it's impossible to blame the snoring people for not giving a normal sleep. But, unfortunately, the sex life of many couples suffers from the intolerable sounds of snoring, and some families even break up because of this.
According to doctors, the main reason for snoring is the weak muscles of the soft palate. Snoring occurs when jets of air, passing through the narrowed respiratory tract, provoke the "beating" of the soft structures of the pharynx against each other.
In addition to the discomfort caused to close people, the snoring person suffers no less, because snoring is the first sign of a serious illness - sleep apnea, that is, stopping breathing for a short time in a dream. Also, a person experiences oxygen starvation - hypoxia, when air access to the lungs blocks the relaxed sky. Because of this, the brain wakes up and urges the muscles of the throat to strain, which after a while relax again and everything repeats in a circle.
All this leads to fatigue, inattention and problems in the family. ILive will tell you what could be the reason for snoring and how to get rid of this problem.
Excess weight
Full people often face the problem of snoring due to the fact that fatty tissue interferes with the intake of air. With getting rid of excess weight, the problem itself disappears.
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Alcohol and Smoking
The reason for snoring may be these two factors. From nicotine, which affects the larynx, muscles weaken. Because if your health is so expensive , quit smoking, and if you drink alcohol, then at least do it two hours before bedtime.
Respiratory diseases and allergies
A stuffy nose can cause snoring, so it's best to use nasal sprays to eliminate the cause of snoring, and in this case it's a runny nose.
Sleep on your side?
If you have a loved one who snores, you must have tried to change his position and turn from back to back to stop snoring. However, this is not a method to combat this disease. Sleep on the back is the most favorable position of the snoring person, in which the entire body of a person relaxes. In any case, excess weight and a bad physical shape are the enemies with which to fight.
Dry air
Be sure to air a bed before going to bed, because one of the reasons for snoring may be dry air.
Alternative Medicine
Alternative healers advise the following recipe for getting rid of snoring - in a glass of cabbage juice stir a spoonful of honey and drink before going to bed. But before doing this, it's best to consult a doctor, because any self-treatment is dangerous.
Visit to the doctor
Even if you decide to go on a diet and quit smoking to get rid of bothersome snoring, do not neglect the visit to the doctor.