Snoring Solutions 

Is your snoring keeping your husband or wife up at night?

Beyond being a nuisance to your bed partner, your snoring might be indicative of a serious health problem. If you are a habitual snorer, you should see an ENT doctor to determine the cause.

Snoring can be caused by sleep apnea, a disorder in which you stop breathing while you are asleep. Sleep apnea is a relatively common disorder, but if it is not monitored it can have serious effects on your health.

Even if the cause of your snoring isn’t a serious health risk, it can still put your health and comfort at risk.

Here are some easy tips to minimize your snoring:

• Change your sleep position: Sleeping on your side (instead of your back) will help prevent snoring. Elevating yourself with an extra pillow or two should also help minimize snoring.
• Lose weight: Many overweight people snore because extra fat around the neck can cause the airway to become narrower.
• Avoid alcohol before bedtime: Alcohol suppresses the activity of the airway dilator muscles, making your snoring even worse than usual.
• Seek treatment for your allergies: Chronic allergies may cause snoring by forcing you to breathe through your mouth while you sleep.
• Get a mouthpiece: A mouth piece will position the lower jaw forward, and therefore move the tongue forward with it, thus creating more room in the throat.

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