Health Tips Remedies For Snoring
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Aug
20
Health Tips Remedies For Snoring
Health Tips Remedies For Snoring
Snoring is the sound which occurs when the soft palate (the back of the roof of the mouth) vibrates when it relaxes during sleep. The sound produced can be low pitch or high pitch. At times, it is accompanied by heavy breathing.
Sleep On Your Side
Although, snoring does no harm in itself other than disturbing the snorer and anyone who shares the room but sometimes, it may lead to a potentially serious sleep disorder like upper respiratory resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea, in which breathing stop periodically during sleep.
Symptoms of Snoring
Following are the major snoring symptoms:
1. Nasal noise during sleep
2. Heavy breathing
Causes of Snoring
Following are the major snoring causes:
1. Muscle tone of the tongue
2. Blockage of airway
3. Increasing age
4. Alcoholic beverages and smoking
5. Physical exhaustion
6. Throat or sinus infections
7. Being overweight
8. Due to enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children
Sleeping on your back will cause your throat muscles to slacken into your breathing airway. Sleeping on your side is the perfect position to stop your snoring not to mention, the best position for your body to get a good nights sleep.
Lose Weight
If you are overweight, the fatty tissue in your throat may be blocking the breathing passage and causing snoring. Losing some weight will help reduce the effects. Keeping your self in good shape will help to keep your breathing deep and unobstructed.
Quit Smoking
Basically what smoking does is relax the muscles and also produces nasal and lung congestion. Additionally, your throat lining will swell up because the smoke coats your throat with irritating harmful chemicals. I should also mention that secondhand smoke will also cause the exact same snoring troubles as smoking. So whenever you find yourself in a smokey environment, do yourself a favour and get out of there.
No Food and Alcohol Before Bed
Restrict your consumption of food and alcoholic beverages prior to sleeping - Try not to excessively eat or drink within two hours of sleep. Food and Alcohol will relax your muscles which increases the probability of snoring.
Sleep Without a Pillow
Try sleeping without a pillow - pillows can interfere with your breathing by kinking the neck, especially if you have a cheap nasty pillow. I highly recommend investing in a quality latex style pillow which will mould around your neck. This should stop the neck from kinking.
No Dairy Products
Keep away from dairy products prior to going to sleep. Dairy products, because of their thickness and viscosity, can prevent mucus in your nose-throat region from draining properly. The mucus will then be blocking the airways in the throat and will cause snoring along with possibly other serious problems.
A common remedy to prevent sleeping on your back is to sew a tennis ball to the back of your shirt; the discomfort of sleeping on the ball will prevent you from staying on your back.
Try following a regular sleep routine.
Try taking in a little bit of honey before sleeping.
Don't eat a big meal right before bed, if your stomach is full it will push up on your diaphragm and limit breathing passage ways.
Avoid eating "rich" foods such as cakes, cookies, chocolate and pizza.
Do regular walking or other exercise to breathe better.
