Effects of Snoring

As a rule, snoring occurs only during sleeping. It is occurred by creation of vibrated movement of air by obstruction of air way during respiration while sleeping.

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Sound is generated during this process due to vibration. The sound varies in persons from soft to louder. It is often unpleasant.

Usually the uvula and soft palate are the structures that involves in the production of snoring and it is caused by irregular blockage of air movement.

More over, it can be defined as a “noisy breathing” through mouth and nose while sleeping.

There are so many factors involve in this condition. Some examples are:

• Weakness of throat and relaxation of muscles in the air way.

• Defects in the jaw position

• Obstruction of air passage in nostrils.

• Tongue dropping back into throat.

• Continuous sleeping postures usually lying on back.

• Touching of tissues in the top airways causing vibration

• Alcoholism relaxes the respiratory muscle system.

• Susceptibility of snoring increasing as age grows.

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The bad impacts or effects of snoring :

When a person snores it is an annoying one to anybody who sleeps nearby. Even it may cause a couple to sleep separately in the night and thereby it seriously affects the relationship. In rare cases the snoring causes stoppage of breathe and resulting in serious condition. Some body feels sleepy during day time and this morning fatigue causes serious effects in health. Recent studies try to correlate snoring with heart diseases. Snoring leads to various poor health conditions.

When a person is having the habit of snoring during sleep it means that he is deprived of peaceful sleep which causes many ill health conditions both physically and mentally. Lack of peaceful sleep in a regular pattern generally causes anxiety, tension, bad temper and behavior changes. This condition also causes poor thinking capacity and weak memory. Sleep deprived persons due to snoring are not alert in their duties on the day and they are impatient and bad tempered.

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Long term sleep depriviation due to snoring causes serious consequences. It increases the blood pressure, possible heart ailment, weight gain, depression, injury from accidents and mental disorder. It is also described that snorers are prone to life threatening diseases like heart attacks and strokes. Recently researches on snoring explain the possibility of diabetes and the brain tissue damage due to lack of oxygen supply. Decreased libido and day time drowsiness is often seen among snorers. Irritability is the common condition seen. Though it affects mildly in some persons and in others even it affects the life style. The studies recently made on loud snoring shows that it is causing carotid artery atherosclerosis and they emphasize that loud snoring causes turbulence in the blood flow and which causes irritation to blood flow and causing carotid atherosclerosis.

Habitual snoring is the strongest indication of sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is the condition during sleep where there are pauses in breathing. One or more breaths are missed in each episode of apnea and occur and repeated throughout the sleep. The breath missing time is about 10 seconds. Five or more episodes are noted for every hour of sleep. The interruption of breathe is caused by lack of respiratory effort. These symptoms may be present for years and the sufferer may be affected by day time sleepiness and fatigue. The untreated sleep apnoea may increase the risk of hypertension, heart attack and strokes. It also leads to impotence, decreased memory and personality changes. Snoring and sleep apnoea now can be monitored and diagnosed in the home itself by using a convenient portable “sleep monitoring device”.

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Snoring is usually recognized by the partner or friend who observes one’s snoring. Generally the sleep disorders such as snoring is identified by a sufferer by his/her bad feeling of day time drowsiness or sleepiness, decreased concentration in work and by depressed feeling while working. A sufferer may ask somebody to note his snoring habit or he can diagnose this event of snoring by simply putting a tape recorder to record the episodes of snoring sounds. A sleep study will show the severity of the condition.

Snoring needs no costlier treatment and it is cured almost by changing the sleeping patterns. Almost until this time that all treatments are aimed to tighten the throat and air way passage muscles and in clearing the blockage of the air passage. Smoking is a cause that “weakens and clogs” the throat and hence every snorer is asked to stop smoking.

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Every snorer is asked to do the following :

• Do not lie on the back and lie by sides always.

• Clear the nasal passage before going to sleep by sprays.

• Do moderate exercise

• Elevate head while sleeping

• Do not have any alcohol before sleeping

• Do not take any medications for anxiety

• Inhale steam foams before sleep

Keep punctuality in sleeping.

Numerous over the counter aids are available for snorers like nasal sprays, nose clips, nasal strips, pillows specially made for snorers and anti-snore clothes. However, snoring is always mild and sometimes it causes serious medical conditions and for which reason that an expert in this field can be consulted if it lasts longer and every snorer should get their advice before using anything or any devices to stop the symptoms.

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