How To Stop Snoring

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to a loud shrieking noise. Startled, you look here and there to find what caused the noise, only to find your partner being the source for it. Highly annoyed and irritated, you feel like bashing him/her up for disturbing your sleep, but end up taking an extra pillow over your ear. Unable to sleep all night, you wake up late the next morning. Result - you rush past the daily chores and by the end of the day, you feel damn lazy and tired. You look back and wonder what caused the exhaustion and suddenly remember, it was because of your partner’s snoring that you couldn’t manage a goodnight sleep and thus, felt lethargic and weary all through the day. You confess this to your partner, who, in turn, feels ashamed for his snoring problem and promises not to snore again. Relaxed, you get on to the bed and try to sleep only to be woken up yet again by a loud shrieking noise. Damn, you whisper and get really annoyed. But before you wake your partner and start a fight, you need to know that snoring while sleeping is troublesome for not only the person who sleeps beside the snorer, but also for the person who snores. A person who snores is said to be sleeping a disturbed unsound sleep and the person who has to hear the other person snoring all night through will for obvious reasons not get proper sleep. Therefore, a solution favorable to all would be to get rid of snoring while sleeping. Before rounding up on the cure for snoring, it is important to identify the causes and decide what you will have to change in your structure and habits to stop snoring.

Causes Of Snoring

A blocked nasal passage makes breathing hard. This leads to the formation of a vacuum in the throat that leads to snoring.
Snoring is mostly seen in the middle age or above when the throat muscles constrict leading to a blockage in the airway.
People who are fat are more prone to snoring. Fatty tissues are conducive to snoring.
The sleeping posture also causes snoring. If you sleep flat on the back, the throat muscles relax which blocks the air passage and causes snoring.
Do you know that a man is more prone to snoring than a woman because a man’s air passage is narrower?
Excess use of alcohol, cigarettes and several drugs including medicinal drugs leads to the relaxation of body muscles and hence, snoring.

Ways To Stop Snoring

It is very vital to keep the nasal passage clear to get rid of the snoring habit. Don’t forget to blow your nose regularly. Cough accumulations in the nose makes it difficult for air to pass through, creating a vacuum in the air passage and therefore, causing snoring.
Being overweight is one of the prime reasons for snoring. Keep your weight in check. The reduction of fatty tissues in the throat will reduce snoring to a great extent. Therefore, exercise well to lose extra weight and try to keep the kilos in check.
Snorers can try sleeping without a pillow for some days to check whether snoring reduces. See that your throat muscles are not relaxed when you are lying down.
Cigarette smoke blocks the air passage and also causes disturbances in the throat and nose membranes to induce snoring. Thus, quitting smoking can greatly help reduce snoring.
Dry air is not good for snorers. It affects the membranes of the nose and throat in such a way so as to cause snoring. Therefore, if the surrounding air is dry make use of a humidifier.
You can also go for nasal strips and sprays to stop snoring. The drops should be used during bedtime to clear air passages.
The CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) is a machine which consists of a mask that you can wear over your nose, while air is being blown into your system via another machine part when you are sleeping.
For those having serious snoring problem, they can go for surgical procedures like the Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, Tonsillectomy, the Thermal Ablation Palatoplasty and Adenoidectomy, which remove extra tissues in the air passage and induce free flow of air.
Opt for devices such as dental and oral appliances and lower jaw positioners. These help to bring the tongue and the lower jaw forward when one is sleeping, thus helping in free breathing.

Adhere to these ways and stop the snoring habit for good. Have a good night sleep!

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