What is Snoring?
Snoring is noisy breathing while you sleep. It’s a common condition that can affect anyone, although it happens more often in men and in people who are overweight. Snoring occurs when a person’s upper airway tissue vibrates, making them breathe noisily as they sleep. Snoring is often not thought to be a serious health concern, and home remedies may reduce it. If these do not work, medical treatment may be available. Sometimes snoring indicates a more serious health problem. If it becomes disruptive or a person has other symptoms.
Causes of Snoring:
Snoring happens when the flow of air through your mouth and nose is blocked. Following factors that can lead to snoring include:
- smoking
- drinking alcohol
- using depressants or other muscle relaxants
- sleeping on your back
- congestion from a cold or allergy
- a deviated septum or other structural features
- being middle-aged
- being male
- pregnancy
- genetic characteristics that affect the structure of the mouth and throat
Symptoms of Snoring:
Snoring is associated with sleep apnea. When you see the below symptoms then you must visit Dr. Suraj Giri at Devgiri Memorial Hospital in PCMC Pune. Following symptoms associated with sleep Apnea disease.
- Witnessed breathing pauses during sleep
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Difficulty concentrating
- Morning headaches
- Sore throat upon awakening
- Restless sleep
- Gasping or choking at night
- High blood pressure
- Chest pain at night
Diagnosis of Snoring:
Your partner might be the person who tells you that you snore or not? When diagnosis the snoring problem Dr. SurajGiri best snoring treatment specialist asks your partner and also asks for medical history. Also some test
- Imaging tests. An X-ray, MRI scan, or CT scan can look for problems in your airways.
- Sleep study. You might need to have a machine monitor your sleep while you’re at home or spend the night in a lab for a test called polysomnography. It will measure things like your heart rate, breathing, and brain activity while you sleep.
Treatment of Snoring:
Treatments for snoring include:
- Lifestyle changes. Your doctor might tell you to lose weight, quit smoking, or stop drinking alcohol before bed.
- Oral appliances. You wear a small plastic device in your mouth while you sleep. It keeps your airways open by moving your jaw or tongue.
- Surgery. Several kinds of procedures can help stop snoring. Your doctor might remove or shrink tissues in your throat, or make your soft palate stiffer.
- CPAP. A continuous positive airway pressure machine treats sleep apnea and might reduce snoring by blowing air into your airways while you sleep.
Lifestyle and home remedies
To prevent or quiet snoring, try these tips:
- If you’re overweight, lose weight. People who are overweight may have extra tissues in the throat that contribute to snoring. Losing weight can help reduce snoring.
- Sleep on your side. Lying on your back allows your tongue to fall backward into your throat, narrowing your airway and partially obstructing airflow. Try sleeping on your side. If you find that you always end up on your back in the middle of the night, try sewing a tennis ball in the back of your pajama top.
- Raise the head of your bed. Raising the head of your bed by about 4 inches may help.
- Nasal strips or an external nasal dilator. Adhesive strips applied to the bridge of the nose help many people increase the area of their nasal passage, enhancing their breathing. A nasal dilator is a stiffened adhesive strip applied externally across the nostrils that may help decrease airflow resistance so you breathe easier. Nasal strips and external nasal dilators aren’t effective for people with OSA, however.
How do I make an appointment?
The appointment process at Devgiri Memorial Hospital PCMC Pune is very simple. You can directly call on 09657002695. Also with the help of the “Book an Appointment” Form you can book your appointment by just filling in the basic information. We will contact you via email or phone call to confirm your appointment.
