Cure your snoring problem: It can be Hard to Sleep

It can be hard to sleep. We live in a modern fast paced world where stress levels are high. The busy-ness of the long working days can make it difficult to relax at night and enjoy sufficient, good quality sleep to prepare for more of the same the next day.

Sleep can be even more elusive if there is a snorer in the house.

It would be interesting to research and quantify just how much productive time is lost each day because the previous night’s sleep was interrupted by snoring. I suspect it could be a large figure.

Even worse are the dangerous effects of sleep deprivation caused by night after night of sleep prevented or broken by persistent snoring. It can make doing the most routine of tasks a potentially hazardous event.

The sleep deprivation does not just affect the snorer – in fact they are often blissfully unaware of their problem. Snoring causes disruption and disturbance for everyone living in the household.

Whilst it may be possible to make light of living with a snorer, or of being a snorer, it is important to recognise that snoring is usually an auditory sign of another underlying health condition. Such a condition may be minor or it could be potentially life threatening and for this reason it is important to have a medical check.

Snoring can be a symptom of sleep apnea a condition that causes the sufferer to actually stop breathing. Those who suffer from sleep apnea often have the loudest of snores as their bodies trigger a panic mechanism, when the normal breathing mechanism stops, and a long, noisy breathe is drawn in and exhaled. If sleep apnea is diagnosed and the condition cannot be improved by means of losing weight, it may be necessary for the snorer to sleep under positive air pressure every night – which basically means they must wear a face mask each night through which is delivered air under a constant pressure to ensure the breathing is not allowed to stop.

There are many snoring remedies on the market and it will depend on the cause of the snoring which of this is most suitable for any one individual. There are mechanical devices on offer which work to keep airways open, such as nasal strips; watches that emit electric shocks if they detect that the wearer is snoring as a way of conditioning a new response; pillows that encourage optimum posture in bed; in fact the list goes on. It can be an expensive task trying out the different devices to see which, if any, work.

A number of pills and potions are also offered as snoring remedies and many claim that hypnotherapy, acupuncture and aromatherapy have all effected a cure.

The final option to banish this enemy within the home is surgery. Surgery is always a drastic option and is almost certainly only to be considered when all else has failed and snoring is having a significant impact on health and relationships. Surgery is expensive, painful and does not have a 100% success rate. For these reasons, it needs careful consideration.

One of the biggest contributing factors to snoring is excess weight and it is the obvious place to start when seeking a cure for a snoring problem.

Other possible causes are allergies and food intolerance, respiratory conditions and sleeping position.

There is no need to tolerate snoring as a fact of life. There is much that can be done on a self-help basis to cure snoring and give everyone a good night’s sleep.

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