Snoring is a common phenomenon in life, whether it is women men, adults and children often snore. Snoring does not mean good sleep, and often snoring is harmful to the body. So what are the causes of snoring at night? How to treat snoring?
A. What are the reasons for snoring in bed?
1, work overworked
A snoring phenomenon that occurs after working overtime, drinking, smoking and staying up late.
2, nasal reasons
Deviated nasal septum (deviated nasal septum: refers to a nasal septum deviation from the midline and causes clinical symptoms of an intranasal deformity, often clinically manifested as persistent or intermittent nasal congestion, runny nose, dizziness, headache, nosebleeds, etc.) , nasal polyps, enlarged turbinates, congested and hypertrophied nasal mucosa, chronic rhinitis, etc. These diseases can lead to nasal blockage or make the breathing passage of the nose become narrow, thus the phenomenon of snoring.
3.Natural and oral cavity narrowing by birth
Narrow space in the nasal cavity or throat, including abnormal morphology of the oronasal cavity area, or hypertrophy of certain glands. The airway is too narrow or blocked, which will lead to poor breathing and snoring when people sleep.
4. Throat causes
When diseases occur in the throat, such as tonsillitis and other diseases that cause enlargement of the eye glands, the respiratory channel in the throat becomes narrower and the breathing is not smooth, resulting in snoring.
5.Causes of respiratory tract
The most easily obstructed part is the oropharynx and laryngopharynx, and often both parts collapse at the same time, so the above-mentioned pharyngeal causes and congenital anatomical malformation are the main causes of snoring, and female snoring should not be delayed and should be treated early.
6. Functional causes
During daytime, the airway is normal when awake, but during sleep, the muscle tension around the airway decreases, which, together with the backward fall of the tongue root when lying on the back, causes airway narrowing and snoring.
7. Snoring caused by congenital anatomical deformity
Deformity of mandibular development, mandibular recession, etc.
8.Poor sleeping posture
Sleeping posture may not seem to be related to snoring, but in fact, there are not a few snorers who are really caused by sleeping posture. Some people’s oral muscles, soft palate, oropharynx and other muscles are loose (especially the elderly), so if they sleep in a supine position, the tongue root or other related tissues will slide to the throat under the gravity, blocking the airway and causing poor breathing and snoring.
9. Obesity
People who are overly obese have fat growth in various parts of the body, and the throat is often enlarged and the airway is naturally narrowed. Therefore, obese people often have snoring phenomenon, if there is no comprehensive other reasons, snoring can be controlled through fitness and weight loss.
Second, the treatment of snoring?
1.General treatment
Weight loss, obesity is one of the factors causing the narrowing of the pharynx, weight loss can reduce the degree of airway obstruction.
2.Adjustment of sleeping posture
Mild snoring to adjust the sleeping position or body position. For example, change the supine position to side sleeper, put a high or low pillow, etc.
3.Traditional surgery
Traditional surgery is mainly used to treat snoring by removing part of the uvula and tonsils to increase the gap in the pharynx, which is currently the most common surgical method to treat snoring. The therapy is risky, expensive, prone to recurrence, prone to surgical complications, causing pain and burden to patients, but the effect is general.
4.Drug therapy
At present, there are many drugs that can treat snoring at home and abroad, some of them have certain efficacy and can be relieved to a certain extent during the medication, but they cannot be cured and are prone to recurrence.