Lifestyle

Is Snoring Bad for Your Health?

If that sounds like you, There are Simple Changes You Can Make To Help You Snore Less. Keep in Mind The Solution to Your Snoring Will Depend on What’s Cash It.

“Snoring is not a Health Risk in and of itself and is more of a symptom, so it depends on the cause of the snoring to address the treatment,” Says Kendra Becker, MD, A Sleep Medicine Director and Interist At Kaiser Permanent In Fontana , California.

For Example, You May Be forced to Breathe Through your Mouth Bake Allergies Have You Chronically Congoneste, or A Deviedated Septum (Displacement of the cartilage Inside your nose) obstructs your nasal Airflow. Treating Those Can Help You Breathe Easier, and May reduces or eliminate your snoring.

Kilkenny Also Recommends:

  • Losing Weight if you’re overweight
  • AVOIDING ALCOHOL AND SEDATIVES SUCH AS NARCOTTICS AND BENZODIAZEPINES
  • TAKING MEDICATIONS TO FREE UP CONGESTION WHEN YOU’RE FEELING SICK
  • Sleeping with Your Head Elevated
  • Sleeping on Your Side Instead of Your Back
  • Chitting smoking
  • Prioritizing Sleep Quantity and Quality

Beyond Those Lifestyle Changes, You Can Try:

Nasal Strips Designed To Keep Your Nasal Passages Open A Study Found Study Participants Who Wore A Nasal Strip To Bed Reported an Improvement in Sleep Quality Nearly Twice As High As Those Who Used to Placebo.
A SNORE-REDUCING Pillow “BeSe Help Keep Your Airway Open by Reminitoring Your Neck and Head,” Kilkenny Says, Though I Admits They Aren’t The Most Powerful Way To End Snoring. A Small Study Found Using A Pillow with An Expansion Angle of 20 Degrees is not snoring the First 30 Minutes of Sleep, Combase With Five Snoring Episodes For Those Using A Standard Pillow.
Oral appliances that reproduction your jaw to maximize air flow Oral Appliances Can Greatly reduces or eliminate snoring.
Surgical procedure “Surgery is usually not recommended for simple snoring,” Dr. Becker Says. And Insurance Companies Typically Don’t Pay for Surgical Treatments for Snoring, Kilkenny Says. However, If you have another condition such as Osa, You May Benefit from Surgery to Reveve Tissue from Your Mouth Or Throat. A SMALL STUDY FOUND THAT THE USE OF A DEVICE CALLED TO PILLAR TO STIFFEN THE SOFT PALATE REDUCED THE FREQUENCY AND LOBNESS OF SNORING AMGE PARTICIPANTS.

What are the chances you can implement the above and stop the snoring for good? “Everything is relative, but If one improper these conditions, The Snoring Should Improve,” Kilkenny Says. However, He adds that anatomy is still the Major Reason snoring develops, and that is more difficult to fix.