7 Things which can trigger snoring and ways to overcome this

Snoring

Really pity for the people who must to sleep around the snorer aka handyman snoring. Not only makes people around him disturbed, people who snoring during sleep are also at risk of suffer hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's.

Sound noisy when snore or snoring is resulted by the vibration of air that passes through the tissue in the mouth, nose or throat. There are many things that can trigger snoring, ranging from thick neck, fat around the throat, sleep supine, until the narrowing of the airway.

Snoring can be caused by the 6 things and need different handling, such as:

 1. Narrowing of the nose

Snoring can be caused by a narrowing of the nose. The trigger could be because of allergies and abnormalities in the nose septum, ie wall that separates nostril of the left and right. Symptoms include nasal congestion, facial pain and dizziness.

Abnormalities of the nasal septum can be known with way pressing the side of one nostril with the mouth closed, then breathe through the other nostril. To treat it, use medicine of steroid nasal spray. If still be naughty, check to specialist doctors ENT.

 2. Drinking alcohol and smoking

Drinking alcohol makes the body muscles become relax, including the muscles in the back of the throat. As a result, occurs snoring.

Meanwhile smoking can trigger inflammation in the lining of the mucous membranes in the nose and throat, finally can trigger to snoring because narrowed airways.

 3. Problems in the jaw

Jaw disorders is also causes of snoring very common. If the tongue is located too near with jaw and the position of the jaw is located too far back, then the tongue will inhibit the airway. As a result, occurs snoring.

4. Obstructive sleep apnea

If often awakened at night while gasping and nasal congestion, and then in the morning feel sore throat, it is a sign of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea. Disorder this which the most many trigger people snore.

To overcome this, a breathing apparatus which is called CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) proved can overcome sleep apnea.

5. Neck short and plump

Short thick neck can also be a trigger habitual snoring. This disorder is also sometimes experienced by people who are skinny. Sometimes this condition is accompanied with mild sleep apnea, especially in those who are obese.

In people who are obese, weight loss can help. Can also with wear a mask to close the mouth or nose. Binding the rope at the chin to make the mouth keep closed when sleeping can also be an alternative.

6. Big tonsils

Reduction of breathing space at the back of the throat is also one of the triggers snoring. As for the cause could be because the soft tissue that hangs at the back of the throat too big, or his tonsils are too big.

To overcome the underlying problem, you should do a tonsillectomy and partially the tissues in the back of the throat. This action will stop the narrowing of the airways so that minimize the risk of snoring.

7. Allergy

Allergies can make nasal congestion which finally trigger snoring, for example in the case of allergic rhinitis, ie allergy because pollen which makes the sufferer until sneezing and a runny nose. Can also caused by allergies to feathers, especially animal fur pets.

Allergic rhinitis trigger about 20 percent of cases of snoring. To treat it, steroid nasal sprays will help reduce allergy triggers that can block the nose. Antihistamines can also help, but it would be better with way avoid the source allergic.