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An Introduction
to Snoring
Author:
Josh Riverside
Someone who snores can often become the butt of jokes. But
jokes aside, snoring is no laughing matter. Nearly 90 million
Americans snore, most of them men, and very often snoring
affects those over the age of 60.
A recent survey found that snoring is the cause of one in
seven domestic disputes, and 95 percent of those questioned
say they are woken by their partner's heavy snoring at least
once a week, with 39 percent being woken up every night! Another
poll revealed that 80 percent of couples end up sleeping in
different rooms, all because one partner can no longer tolerate
sleeping next to someone that sounds like a landing strip.
Besides the social ramifications of snoring, it can also have
serious health effects.
Snoring consists of noisy breathing through the mouth or
nose during sleep. If you are a quiet sleeper, air passes
from your nose and throat to your lungs silently and unhindered.
However, for millions of others, something disrupts the flow
of air. Maybe it's a blocked nose; perhaps the base of the
tongue is restricting breathing. More commonly, it's the soft
tissue in your upper palate or throat that gets in the way
and starts vibrating.
The reasons for snoring are many. They include poor muscle
tone in the tongue and throat, sometimes due to alcohol or
drugs; weight gain -- extra weight around the neck can lead
to snoring; colds -- having a stuffy noses means you're likely
to snore; and some kind of obstruction, such as a polyp, cyst
or even enlarged tonsils.
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A marriage is always made up of
two people who are prepared to swear that only the other
one snores.
Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant
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How can one
stop snoring? There is no universal answer, but there are
hundreds of potential solutions that may help you. There are
numerous fixes for snoring, from folk traditions to home remedies
and over-the-counter medications, to what might be called
a face-lift for your throat. Most methods attempt to open
the compressed airway, either by tightening the collapsing
tissue or preventing the obstruction.
Snoring Info
provides detailed information about how to stop snoring, including
specific snoring cures, remedies, and treatments to help prevent
snoring from disrupting your sleep, health, and relationships.
Snoring Info is the sister site of Hair
Loss Web.
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Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
2006
SNORING [snoring] rough, vibratory sounds
made in breathing during sleep or coma. The noisy breathing
is the result of an open mouth and a relaxation of the palate;
it is frequently induced by lying on one's back. Snoring may
indicate some obstruction to nasal breathing such as enlarged
adenoids; this is especially true in children. In some individuals
it is merely a poor breathing habit and usually disappears
when the person lies on his side.
Snore
facts
Did
you know that...?
90
million Americans snore.
We spend one third of our
live asleep.
All of us dream, but only
some of us remember our dreams. Most of us remember another's
snoring.
Up to 95 percent of us
might be woken up by snoring once a week.
Up to 39% get woken
up every night.
Most methods designed to
stop snoring work by opening compressed or obstructed airways.
Our pets can suffer from
snoring, which is often caused by asthma.
The snoring pattern of
dogs is very similar to that of humans.
Treatments for pets are
snoring are available.
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