Learn How To Stop Snoring Without Surgery Blog

Snoring may seem on the the surface, to be a fairly trivial ailment, but it can cause enourmous stress, tension in relationships and even affect people’s work, as lack of sleep prevents sufferers from being able to perform properly.

Snoring is caused by air passing over the soft tissues in the palate and making a noise. During the waking hours, our muscle tone prevents this happening, but once relaxed, there is less room for the air to pass through. Of course, this doesn’t make everyone snore, but for some, it is a precondition for snoring. Other factors that can make it worse include smoking, excess weight, congestion or even a small deformity in the airway.

Another more serious sleep problem is sleep apnoea, a condition where the sufferer temporarily stops breathing during sleep. This automatically forces the person to wake up in order to start breating again. Needless to say, this doesn’t exactly make for a restful night. Sleep apnoea is difficult to self-diagnose and patients are usually diagnosed at sleep clinics, where special equipment is used to monitor sleep.

There is now a wide range of products on the market to help with the problem of snoring. Adhesive strips that help keep the nostrils open or the mouth closed are widely available and many snorers find them extremely effective. For those who find snoring is caused by breathing through the mouth, ‘mandibular advancement devices’ can be effective as they help the airway to stay open by bringing the lower jaw and tongue forward.

These devices look a little bit like a boxer’s gum shield and although they are probably not that conducive to a romantic night in, at least you should get some sleep.