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For millions of people snoring can be an exasperating condition that rarely goes away.  It happens when you shift from a light sleep to a deep sleep, as the muscles and soft tissues in the back of the throat relax and start to vibrate causing a narrowing of your airway.  It is characterized by noisy breathing through the mouth and nose and can affect anyone, young, old, men or women although it is more prevalent in men.  More often than not the person who is snoring is not even conscious of it and it is up to the partner to let them know!

A very widespread condition associated with snoring is that of sleep aponea.A person may stop and start breathing many times in one night. This can be a very grave and potentially life threatening condition so please contact your doctor if you feel you have these symptoms.

Causes of snoring

Causes of snoring depend on different factors.  But finding the cause can go a long way to treating the problem.  Lifestyle plays a very important part.Your chances of snoring are much greater if you smoke, drink a lot of alcohol or are obese.

Medicines like antihistamines, muscle relaxants, or pain medications all relax the muscles and can result in snoring. Likewise, people who suffer from allergies are more inclined to the condition because the pollen and airborne particles start to block their nasal passages.Large tonsils or adenoids, medical conditions or asthma can all add to the risk as well.

How to Stop Snoring

Forever, people have been trying to find ways to stop snoring.Hundreds of treatments have been tried.It is important to remember what works for one person may not work for another but keep working to find a solution.   One of the most widely suggested ways to stop snoring is to not sleep of your back.  This can be hard when you’re sound asleep and not even aware of it! And you may need the help of your partner to nudge you to let you know.    Giving up alcohol before bedtime, losing that extra weight and quit smoking may be all that you need to do to stop snoring at night.   If your snoring is associated with blocked nasal passages then try breathing steam before bedtime or use a decongestant.Another option is to use a snoring device.

Snoring Devices

There are about 300 anti snoring devices available but before spending any money on one it is a good idea to first visit your doctor who can assistlo you to determine the actual cause.The number of devices available out there work in differing ways.There are some, for example, like nasal strips that focus on opening up the passageways.There are other alternatives like sprays and drops which help with the dryness of the throat.To keep moisture in the air try using a humidifier.Neck pillows and body pillows which assist with keeping a better neck position are other devices used.  Some of these have mechanisms to support sleeping on your side.  Another is a mouth piece which helps to keep the lower jaw from dropping,  and the tongue from relaxing too much, keeping the airway open.  Mouth pieces can be either open-mouthed or closed-mouthed.  Finding the right one for you depends on your most common sleep position and you will need expert advice to help you decide.

The Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Appliances (CPAP) are a very common snoring device for those who suffer from sleep aponea.   This works by using a special mask attached to a pump which produces pressure to help prevent the throat from collapsing

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