What Is Snoring - Snoring Cure
What is Snoring?
Snoring is caused by a vibration in the soft tissues at the back of the throat, including the uvula and the soft palate. Snoring occurs while you are sleeping.
The vibrations are caused by your breathing passages either being
blocked or severely narrowed while you are breathing, when your muscles relax and your tongue falls back.
The noise can vary from person to person and can sound like everything
from a rumbling to a rasp to a jet engine taking off.Some people are completely unaware of the fact that they snore, and it is not until they are sharing a room with a partner or spouse (or sharing a hotel room on a business trip) that they discover how loudly they snore.
Needless to say, if your snoring is loud enough to interrupt someone else’s sleep, it’s worth trying to resolve the problem.For a long time, snoring was considered harmless; today we know that snoring can be a sign of upper respiratory resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea, both of which can be extremely dangerous.
Snoring is more common in men than in women; almost half of all men
snore while only about one-third of women do. Regardless of your
gender, however, snoring can be more than just a nuisance in your life
and can lead to or be a symptom of several other health complications.
What Causes Snoring?
As previously mentioned, the sound of snoring is created when the soft
tissues of the back of the throat—in the airway—vibrate because of a
narrowed or blocked passageway. During sleep, you are in a more
relaxed state. Every time you inhale, the air you breathe flows in through your mouth or nose and across the soft palate (the fleshy part of the inside of your mouth between the hard ridge and the back of your throat).This soft palate area, including your uvula, is capable of collapsing duringsleep. It is from here that the breathing passageway becomes blocked or narrowed enough to disturb the air you’re breathing and cause the vibrations. When the soft palate collapses and narrows the airway, your body works harder to draw in breath. As the uvula and soft palate are vibrated against the back ofthe throat, the snoring sound is made.If you still have your tonsils and/or adenoids, those, too can vibrate and add to the sound. The stronger the vibrations are, the louder the snore.
Snoring occurs during sleep or pre-sleep state, because when you are awake, the muscles of your throat hold the soft tissues in place. It’s only when you sleep that these muscles relax enough to allow the tissue to collapse and cause the obstruction.
In addition to snoring, a deviated septum can cause issues with sinuses and breathing.A lack of muscle tone in the throat can also be a cause of snoring,because the lack of muscle tone makes it easier for the soft tissues to collapse during sleep. Both age and poor physical fitness can attribute to this problem.Drinking alcohol or taking medicines that cause drowsiness can also result in the likelihood of increased snoring. Alcohol affects the part of the brain that controls breathing and can cause you to overly relax the muscles in your throat and tongue, blocking air movement and restricting passageways.Self help for relaxing and reducing and or eliminating the snoring problem completely
Wednesday 29 October 2008
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