The Cause of Snoring

October 21, 2008 at 8:06 pm · Filed under Snoring

Tip! Avoid harmful drugs, alcohol or sleeping pills. Drug-induced sleep is more likely to loosen up your throat muscles, causing them to fall back into the throat and result in snoring.

The cause of snoring is firmly in the top 5 of the most searched for snoring phrases online.

It’s hardly surprising. Estimates vary, but it’s thought that between 30-50% of the population snores at some point. Combine that will all the non-snoring suffering spouses, and you have a lot of people wanting to know what the cause is!

To put it simply, the cause of smoking is blocked airways. The soft palate and the throat rub together, and it’s the air struggling to get through the reduced airway that cause the vibration, and hence causes the snoring sound.

So we need to look at the various reasons for the airways being blocked. It can be down to simply the position you sleep in. If you sleep on your back, your tongue may slip backwards into your throat and you have your blockage.

A major cause of snoring is being overweight. The build up of fat around the neck makes it heavy, so it weighs down on your throat when you sleep, restricting the air flow.

Tip! If all else fails there are several types of surgeries that can be extremely effective remedies for snoring. You would need to speak with an ear, nose and throat specialist for the best treatment for your specific mouth structure.

Smoking doesn’t help, the chemicals in cigarettes irritate the tissue in the throat which creates a reduction is space and a cause of snoring.

Alcohol can also contribute, since it is a relaxant, and relaxed muscles will lead to the tongue falling back again.

Eating too close to going to bed won’t help, because this will increase pressure on the diaphragm due to undigested food sitting in the stomach.

Milk before bed can also restrict the airflow by causing a build up of mucus in the throat.

The cause of snoring may hereditary – if your parents snore, it is possible that you will because you have inherited a narrow throat, or a deformed nose.

A stressful lifestyle is another cause, with tension and tightness in the muscles paradoxically causing the same effect as too much relaxation, the reduced air passage.

Tip! Exercising and losing weight can not only be part of a healthier lifestyle for you; it can actually reduce the size of your palate. A smaller palate can reduce the likelihood of snoring.

A final cause to mention is simply a dry throat – if there isn’t enough moisture in the atmosphere, this can cause the vibration to bring on snoring.

As we can see, although the cause of snoring can be put down to blocked airways, there are many reasons for blocking those airways, and it’s by addressing those that we can cut out the snoring!

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