All About The Snore

Posted on October 30th, 2007 in Sleeping Disorders by admin

There are many dangerous things that happen in our world while we are asleep. There may be burglars prowling while we sleep or a hurricane might sweep your bed over. However one of the most dangerous things that happen when we sleep is snoring.

You heard me right. Snoring is one of the most dangerous things that happen to people who sleep. For one, the person you are sleeping with might get really pissed off at you and punch you while you are sleeping.

However, the person who gets really affected by the dangers of snoring is not you; but the people who you sleep with. Those people will have a difficult time just trying to sleep because the room sounds like a monster truck’s engine. Their following day will be so ruined because their head seemed like it was grounded to a pulp.

We all might think that the person who snores is really having great dreams already. Contrary to our belief, we must also have sort of pity towards them. People who snore don’t have great sleep as well.

Snoring is caused by the reduction of the upper air passage especially in the throat area. When the sizes of the airways become reduced, the airflow becomes obtrusive. This will then lead to brief breathing stoppages called apnea. The person who experiences this will be disturbed and be awakening briefly. It will then affect the person’s sleep.

The person seeing all of these from his bedmate will generally just see this as a pain in the ass noise and movement. However to the person who does experience it, he or she is really unaware of what is really happening. The person affected will only notice the effects such as being tired and restless. In the worst situations, the person will feel that he or she really lacks sleep making him or her moody.

When carbon dioxide increases in our body it most likely will result in Apnea. Carbon dioxide causes this because it causes the heart to beat faster and narrows the blood vessels.  When this happens, the person may be susceptible to heart conditions and high blood pressures.

Snoring on the other hand occurs when the muscles of the upper airways tend to relax. When that happens, the airways partially collapse. Here are some factors why people will tend to snore more.

• Alcohol users will tend to snore more. Alcohol is a depressant of muscles and the protective reflex response. This causes the breathing to slightly end.
• Obesity – the fat deposit around the airways will lead them to become narrower.
• Children who snore are most likely having: enlarged tonsils, upper respiratory tract inflammations and blocked noses. When you’re child snores, check his nose if there’s a cereal stuck there.

Solving snoring problems is quite simple. Just avoid the 3 things mentioned above as the causes. Reduce drinking and reduce weight. It may also help to get a better sleeping position. If it requires you smothering your bed partner, then do so. Just tell him or her, to choose between snoring or the bed hogging.

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