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English in a pill – Angielski w pigułce, Lesson 18

- 2009-10-31

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SNORING

Loud and frequent snoring can be more than just a nuisance to your partner. Snoring may indicate a serious health condition, and it can disrupt your household.

Snoring is common. Almost half of adults snore at least occasionally. Snoring occurs when air flows past relaxed tissues in your throat, causing the tissues to vibrate as you breathe, creating hoarse or harsh sounds.

Causes

A variety of factors can lead to snoring, including:

Your mouth anatomy. Having a low, thick soft palate or enlarged tonsils or tissues in the back of your throat can narrow your airway.
Alcohol consumption. Snoring can also be brought on by consuming too much alcohol before bedtime. Alcohol relaxes throat muscles and decreases your natural defenses against airway obstruction.
Nasal problems. Chronic nasal congestion or a crooked partition between your nostrils may be to blame.
Sleep apnea. Snoring may also be associated with obstructive sleep apnea. In this serious condition your throat tissues obstruct your airway, preventing you from breathing.

Complications

Habitual snoring may be more than just a nuisance and a cause of daytime sleepiness. Untreated, persistent snoring caused by obstructive sleep apnea may raise your lifetime risk of developing such health problems as high blood pressure, heart failure and stroke. In children, obstructive sleep apnea may increase the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Treatments and drugs

Your doctor will likely first recommend lifestyle changes, such as losing weight, avoiding alcohol close to bedtime and changing sleeping positions. If lifestyle changes don't eliminate snoring, your doctor may suggest:

Oral appliances. Oral appliances are form-fitting dental mouthpieces that help advance the position of your tongue and soft palate to keep your air passage open.
Traditional surgery. In a procedure called uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), you're given general anesthesia and your surgeon tightens and trims excess tissues - a type of face-lift for your throat.

Lifestyle and home remedies

To prevent or quiet snoring, try these tips:

If you're overweight, lose weight.
Sleep on your side.
Use nasal strips.
Treat nasal congestion or obstruction.
Limit or avoid alcohol and sedatives.

Alternative medicine

Didgeridoo. Playing the didgeridoo, a musical instrument that produces a droning sound, may help train muscles of the upper airway.
Hypnosis. Some have suggested that hypnosis may help improve snoring. For example, a hypnotherapist can suggest to you under hypnosis that you turn on your side if you begin snoring.
MSM (methylsulfonylmethane). MSM is marketed in a nose drop formula to treat snoring, but there's no evidence it has any effect on snoring.
Singing. Singing can help improve muscle control of the soft palate and upper throat.